Myriopteris alabamensis (Buckley) Grusz & Windham. Alabama Lipfern, Smooth Lipfern. Phen: Mar-Nov (-Feb). Hab: Dry outcrops of limestone. Dist: VA, w. NC, s. MO, and OK south and west to n. GA, AL, peninsular FL (historically), TX, NM, se. AZ, and Mexico (south to OAX).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Our plants are apparently apogamous triploids.
Synonymy: = K3, K4, Grusz & Windham (2013); = Cheilanthes alabamensis (Buckley) Kunze – Ar, C, ETx1, F, Fl1, FNA2, G, GrPl, K1, Mo1, RAB, S13, Sf, Tn, Tx, TxFerns, Va, W, WH3, Lellinger (1985); = Hemionitis alabamensis (Buckley) Christenh. – Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng (2018); = Pellaea alabamensis (Buckley) Baker ex Hook.
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© Alan Cressler: Myriopteris alabamensis, Collins Mountain, Bartow County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Myriopteris alabamensis, Collins Mountain, Bartow County, Georgia 4 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Myriopteris alabamensis, Kathy Stiles Freeland Bibb County Glades Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Bibb County, Alabama 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Myriopteris alabamensis, and Astrolepis integerrima, Cloakfern Glade, Ketona Dolomite, Kathy Stiles Freeland Bibb County Glades Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Bibb County, Alabama 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Myriopteris alabamensis, Collins Mountain, Bartow County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷