Plants › brake family

wavy scale cloakfern

Astrolepis sinuata

3,316 observations in the source records

Learn wavy scale cloakfern free How it works

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) biolram, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

All photos25

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

See all photos Add a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

What the records say

3,316 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.

United States	1,602
Arizona	988
Texas	577
Mexico	468
New Mexico	205
Guanajuato	78
Nuevo Leon	66
Chiapas	41
Queretaro de Arteaga	37
Sonora	25

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Fern growth formListed by a harvested source as belonging to the fern plant group.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics

Classification

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	Ferns · Polypodiopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	brake family · Pteridaceae
Genus	Astrolepis

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
How much to rely on each source

Remember the name next time.

Practise wavy scale cloakfern with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

Create a free account How it works