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Your search found 14 taxa in the family Pteridaceae, Maidenhair Fern family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Northern Maidenhair Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Adiantum pedatum FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Adiantum pedatum FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Adiantum pedatum 010-01-001 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Moist forests and cliffs, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, sometimes in seasonal seepage
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Maidenhair Fern, Venus-hair Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Adiantum capillus-veneris FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Adiantum capillus-veneris FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Adiantum capillus-veneris 010-01-002 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Moist calcareous substrates, in the Coastal Plain on ‘marl’ (coquina limestone) (NC and SC), on calcareous clay bluffs (GA), and adventive on lime mortar of old buildings and walls (as in Wilmington and Fayetteville, NC); in the Mountains and Interior Low Plateau on limestone or other calcareous sedimentary rocks
Rare
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia, and the GA Mountains
Common Name: Rough Maidenhair, Garden Maidenhair
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Adiantum hispidulum FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Adiantum hispidulum FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Stone walls, old wells
Waif(s)
Non-native: Africa & Asia
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Common Name:
Alabama Lipfern, Smooth Lipfern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Myriopteris alabamensis FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cheilanthes alabamensis FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cheilanthes alabamensis 010-03-001 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Dry outcrops of limestone
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hairy Lipfern
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Myriopteris lanosa FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cheilanthes lanosa FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cheilanthes lanosa 010-03-002 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Dry outcrops of felsic or intermediate-composition metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks
Common to uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Woolly Lipfern
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Myriopteris tomentosa FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cheilanthes tomentosa FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cheilanthes tomentosa 010-03-003 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Dry outcrops of intermediate or calcareous metamorphic, igneous, or sedimentary rocks (including sandstone outcrops in the Coastal Plain of GA and SC)
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Purple Cliffbrake
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pellaea atropurpurea FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pellaea atropurpurea FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pellaea atropurpurea 010-04-001 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Outcrops of limestone and other rocks (usually either calcareous, subcalcareous, or mafic), rarely on masonry walls (Wieboldt 1995)
Common in GA Mountains, uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Wright's Cliffbrake
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Pellaea wrightiana FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pellaea wrightiana FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pellaea wrightiana 010-04-002 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: South-facing outcrops of Carolina slate, "rich" granitic rock, gneiss, and other rock types
Rare
Native to sw. US, with a few, remarkable disjunct occurrences in c. NC & w. SC
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Common Name:
Arizona Cliffbrake
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Pellaea ternifolia ssp. arizonica FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pellaea ternifolia ssp. arizonica FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: On granitic outcrops
Rare
Native to southwestern US, with disjunct populations in SC
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Common Name:
Wavy Cloak Fern, Wavy Scaly Cloak Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Granitic outcrops and boulders, outcrops of acidic gneiss
Rare
Native to southwestern US, with disjunct populations in GA & w. SC
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Common Name:
Copper Fern, Hispid Bommer Fern, Hairy Bommer
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Bommeria hispida FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bommeria hispida FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Exposed rock
Rare
Native to southwestern US, with a disjunct population in w. SC
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Common Name:
Spider Brake, Wall Fern, Huguenot Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pteris multifida FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pteris multifida FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pteris multifida 010-06-001 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Old walls with lime mortar, dams
Rare
Non-native: Paleotropics
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Common Name:
Ladder Brake, Chinese Brake Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pteris vittata FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pteris vittata FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pteris vittata 010-06-002 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Old walls with lime mortar
Rare
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
Appalachian Shoestring Fern, "Appalachian gametophyte"
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vittaria appalachiana FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vittaria appalachiana FAMILY: Vittariaceae
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vittaria - "a branching, ribbon-like gametophyte, with diffuse rhizoids and linear-shaped gemmae only one cell wide, of the genus Vittaria" 010? FAMILY: ?
Habitat: Shaded grottoes, undersides of overhanging rock outcrops, especially in moist gorges or on spray cliffs in the vicinity of waterfalls, usually on felsic metamorphic rocks, such as mica schist, mica gneiss, granite gneiss, or metaquartzite, or on sandstone
Uncommon in Mountains, rare elsewhere
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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