Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Myriopteris alabamensis
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Myriopteris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cheilanthes alabamensis
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Hemionitis alabamensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Cheilanthes alabamensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-03-001:
Cheilanthes alabamensis
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cheilanthes alabamensis
COMMON NAME:
Alabama Lipfern, Smooth Lipfern
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_chal5_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_alabamensis
April
Fronds are evergreen; stipe and rachis are shiny black, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_alabamensis_b
April
Pinnae mostly alternate, distant, almost sessile. Ovate-lanceolate, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Myriopteris alabamensis
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cheilanthes alabamensis
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Hemionitis alabamensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Cheilanthes alabamensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-03-001:
Cheilanthes alabamensis
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cheilanthes alabamensis
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Fern/Fern ally
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Rare
Look for it on dry outcrops of limestone, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
2-pinnate to 2-pinnate-pinnatifid
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short-creeping
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia p054
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas p232
- Ferns of the Smokies p48
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p098