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Pteridaceae
Myriopteris

not marked as a favorite taxon Myriopteris lanosa (Michaux) Grusz & Windham. Common name: Hairy Lipfern. Phenology: Jun-Oct. Habitat: Dry outcrops of felsic or intermediate-composition metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks. Distribution: Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, s. Ohio (pers.comm. 2021), s. Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas south to Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and e. Texas, and disjunct in Wisconsin (a report from Minnesota is a misidentification).

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ID notes: Much the commonest and most widespread lipfern in most of our region, a sexual diploid, and the most eastern of a predominantly "southwestern" genus. Myriopteris lanosa is more sparsely hairy, "greener", smaller-fronded, and more mat-forming than the second most widely distributed and common Myriopteris in our region, Myriopteris tomentosa.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, NY, Grusz & Windham (2013); = Cheilanthes lanosa (Michx.) D.C.Eaton — Ar, C, ETx1, Fl1, FNA2, G, GrPl, Il, K1, Mo1, NE, NS, Pa, RAB, S13, Sf, Tat, Tn, Tx, TxFerns, Va, W, WH3, WV, Lellinger (1985); = Cheilanthes vestita (Spreng.) Sw. — F; = Hemionitis lanosa (Michx.) Christenh. — POWO, Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng (2018). Basionym: Nephrodium lanosum Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: = Cheilanthes lanosa - FNA2

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image #1 of Myriopteris lanosa© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
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image #4 of Myriopteris lanosa© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Myriopteris lanosa© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Myriopteris lanosa© Alan Cressler: Myriopteris lanosa, Currahee Mountain, Chattahoochee National Forest, Stephens County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Myriopteris lanosa© Alan Cressler: Myriopteris lanosa, Broxton Rocks Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Coffee County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷

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