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Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution	Image
Pteridaceae	Acrostichum	Leather Fern
Pteridaceae	Acrostichum aureum	Golden Leather Fern	Mangrove swamps, brackish marshes, rarely inland in freshwater wetlands.	FL peninsula (Hillsborough and Manatee counties on the west coast, and Palm Beach County on the east coast, south to s. FL); West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America; paleotropics.
Pteridaceae	Acrostichum danaeifolium	Giant Leather Fern	Freshwater and brackish swamps and marshes.	N. peninsular FL (Dixie County) south to s. FL; West Indies; Mexico, Central America and South America.
Pteridaceae	Adiantum	Maidenhair Fern
Pteridaceae	Adiantum anceps	Double-edge Maidenhair	Naturalized from horticultural use on limestone in rockland hammocks and ditch sides.	Native of nw. South America.
Pteridaceae	Adiantum capillus-veneris	Venus'-hair Fern, Southern Maidenhair, Culantrillo	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.	Widespread on several continents, in e. North America largely southern in distribution, from e. NC, w. VA, MO, CO, UT, and CO south; also disjunct in SD and BC, and in Mexico, the West Indies, tropical and warm temperate portions of Central and South America, Eurasia, and Africa. A rather implausible record for the NC Mountains (Buncombe County, Montreat, mountain ravines, rare, 1923, J.H. Davis, Herbarium UNCC) is mapped as questionable.
Pteridaceae	Adiantum caudatum	Tailed Maidenhair	Establishing and spreading from plantings.	Native of e., se., and s. Asia.
Pteridaceae	Adiantum hispidulum	Rough Maidenhair, Garden Maidenhair	Stone walls, old wells.	Native of e. and s. Asia, e. Africa, and Asutralia. Reported for GA (Harper 1903).
Pteridaceae	Adiantum macrophyllum	Large-leaf Maidenhair Fern	Hammock.	Native of Neotropics. Reported for s. FL, perhaps only planted and apparently no longer present.
Pteridaceae	Adiantum melanoleucum	Fragrant Maidenhair	Limestone sinkholes in rockland hammocks.	S. FL (Miami-Dade County); West Indies.
Pteridaceae	Adiantum pedatum	Northern Maidenhair	Moist forests and cliffs, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, sometimes in seasonal seepage.	NS and NB west to ON and MN, south to GA, AL, MS, LA, and OK. Sometimes interpreted to also be present in e. Asia; Lu et al. (2011) make clear that Asian material should be treated as two species distinct from Adiantum pedatum; Adiantum japonicum was named in 2021 (Zhao et al. 2021).
Pteridaceae	Adiantum tenerum	Brittle Maidenhair	Shaded limestone outcrops and adjacent calcareous soils, in ledges and sinkholes.	N. FL (Alachua and St. Johns counties) south to s. FL; West Indies; Mexico, Central America south to n. South America.
Pteridaceae	Adiantum trapeziforme	Diamond Maidenhair	Disturbed hammocks, naturalized from horticultural use.	Native of West Indies and Central America.
Pteridaceae	Adiantum villosum	Woolly Maidenhair	Rockland hammocks.	Native of s. FL and West Indies, s. Mexico, Central America, and n. South America.
Pteridaceae	Argyrochosma	Powdery Cloak Fern
Pteridaceae	Argyrochosma dealbata	Powdery Cloak Fern	Limestone cliffs, rich slopes of ravines, crevices of calcareous rocks.	IL, MO, and KS south to AR and c. and ec. TX; disjunct in sc. KY.
Pteridaceae	Argyrochosma microphylla	Small-leaf Cloak Fern	On calcareous outcrops.	C. TX west to NM, south to Mexico; disjunct in e. TX (Brazos County).
Pteridaceae	Astrolepis	Star-scaled Cloak Fern
Pteridaceae	Astrolepis cochisensis ssp. chihuahuensis	Chihuahua Scaly Cloak Fern	Crevices of limestone.	C. TX (Brown County in our region), s. CO, n. AZ, and s. CA, south to n. Mexico, mainly in the Chihuahuan Desert.
Pteridaceae	Astrolepis integerrima	Southwestern Cloak Fern	On outcrops of calcareous rocks (such as Ketona dolostone in Bibb County, AL).	TX, OK, NM, AZ, and NV south into Mexico; disjunct in c. AL (Bibb County); also disjunct in Hispaniola.
Pteridaceae	Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata	Wavy Cloak Fern	Granitic outcrops and boulders, outcrops of acidic gneiss.	OK, e., c. and w. TX, NM, and AZ, south into Central and South America; West Indies; disjunct in GA and w. SC; disjunct in w. LA (on a bridge pillar). Recently found in upstate SC (McMillan et al. 2018).
Pteridaceae	Bommeria	Bommer Fern
Pteridaceae	Bommeria hispida	Hispid Bommer Fern, Copper Fern, Hairy Bommer	Exposed rock.	W. TX, NM, and AZ south to Mexico (many states); Nicaragua; disjunct in w. SC on a rock cut from 1961 (see McMillan et al. [2018] for details of the discovery of this species in our area.
Pteridaceae	Ceratopteris	Antler fern
Pteridaceae	Ceratopteris pteridoides	Water-horn Fern	Ponds and lakes (natural and artificial).	S. GA, FL, LA (including Florida parishes); West Indies; Central and South America; se. and s. Asia.
Pteridaceae	Ceratopteris richardii		Lakes and ponds; probably only introduced in the southeastern United States.	West Indies; Central and n. South America.
Pteridaceae	Ceratopteris species 1 [New World]	Watersprite	Canals, swamps, ditches.	Widespread in tropical and subtropical areas of America; regarded by some authors as introduced in the se. United States. Reported for AL (Mobile County) (Yawn et al. 2024).
Pteridaceae	Cheilanthes
Pteridaceae	Cheilanthes viridis var. macrophylla
Pteridaceae	Cheilanthes viridis var. viridis	Green Cliffbrake	Wet hammocks, outcrop of Altamaha Grit.	Native of Africa. This species is naturalized on an Altamaha Grit outcrop in Coffee County, GA (J. Allison, pers. comm.).
Pteridaceae	Cryptogramma	Parsley Fern
Pteridaceae	Cryptogramma stelleri	Slender Rock-brake	Limestone cliffs.	NL (Newfoundland) and AK, south to c. PA, WV (Pendleton and Randolph counties), IL, IA, CO, UT, NV, and OR; n. Eurasia.
Pteridaceae	Myriopteris	Lipfern
Pteridaceae	Myriopteris aemula	Texas Lipfern, Rival Lipfern	On outcrops of calcareous rocks.	E., c., and s. TX south to n. Mexico (also CHP).
Pteridaceae	Myriopteris alabamensis	Alabama Lipfern, Smooth Lipfern	Dry outcrops of limestone.	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).
Pteridaceae	Myriopteris gracilis	Slender Lipfern	Dry outcrops of calcareous sedimentary rocks (dolostone), other rock outcrops.	WI, MN, SD, MT, AB, and BC south to AR, TX, NM, AZ, s. CA, and n. Mexico (Chihuahua and Coahuila); disjunct eastward in KY, w. VA, and c. NC. Known from a dolostone cliff in Pulaski County, VA, where disjunct about 450 km east of a population in Bullitt County, KY, and an additional 200 km from other populations in IL (Wieboldt & Bentley 1982, Porter & Wieboldt 1991); an additional eastern collection from 1930 has recently come to light, from Durham Co. in nc. NC (Rothfels, Sigel, & Windham 2012).
Pteridaceae	Myriopteris lanosa	Hairy Lipfern	Dry outcrops of felsic or intermediate-composition metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks.	CT, NY, PA, s. OH (pers.comm. 2021), s. IL, MO, and KS south to FL, AL, MS, LA, and e. TX, and disjunct in WI and MN.
Pteridaceae	Myriopteris lindheimeri	Lindheimer's Lipfern	Rock outcrops, mainly granite.	Sw. OK, c. TX, NM, and AZ south to s. Mexico.
Pteridaceae	Myriopteris microphylla	Southern Lipfern	Shell hammocks, limestone outcrops.	Panhandle FL (Washington County) and ne. FL south to s. FL; West Indies; Mexico through Central America to n. South America.
Pteridaceae	Myriopteris rufa	Chestnut Lipfern, Eaton's Lipfern	Dry outcrops of sedimentary or metamorphic rocks (including calcareous shales and siltstones).	Sw. TX to s. AZ and south into Mexico, with scattered disjunct occurrences in c. OK, n. AR, e. WV, and c. and w. VA (to be expected elsewhere in our area); disjunct in Costa Rica.
Pteridaceae	Myriopteris scabra	Rough Lipfern	Rock crevices.	Sc. OK, c. and s. TX, and NM south to c. Mexico.
Pteridaceae	Myriopteris tomentosa	Woolly Lipfern	Dry outcrops of intermediate or calcareous metamorphic, igneous, or sedimentary rocks (including sandstone outcrops in the Coastal Plain of GA and SC).	Primarily Appalachian, from n. VA and n. WV south to KY, GA, and AL, also at scattered localities from AR, OK, and KS south and west to NM, AZ, and Mexico (south to Veracruz).
Pteridaceae	Notholaena	Cloak Fern
Pteridaceae	Notholaena standleyi	Star Cloak Fern	On rock outcrops.	Sc. OK, se. CO and c. AZ south through w. TX and NM to c. Mexico.
Pteridaceae	Pellaea	Cliff-brake
Pteridaceae	Pellaea atropurpurea	Purple Cliff-brake	Outcrops of limestone and other rocks (usually either calcareous, subcalcareous, or mafic), rarely on masonry walls (Wieboldt 1995).	Widespread in e. North America, from NH, VT, NY, MN, SD, SK, and AB south to Panhandle FL, AL, TN, AR, TX, NM, AZ, Mexico, and Guatemala.
Pteridaceae	Pellaea glabella ssp. glabella	Smooth Cliff-brake	Dry, exposed outcrops of calcareous rocks (limestone, dolostone), rarely on masonry walls (Wieboldt 1995).	The diploid, sexually-reproducing P. glabella ssp. missouriensis (Gastony) Windham is (so far as is known) restricted to MO; the apogamously-reproducing autotetraploid derivative, ssp. glabella, is more widespread, ranging from VT, ONT, and MN, south to VA, TN, ne. AL (Barger et al. (2019), KY, AR, OK, and n. TX.
Pteridaceae	Pellaea glabella ssp. missouriensis		Limestone and dolomite bluffs.	Endemic to the MO Ozarks (as far as is known).
Pteridaceae	Pellaea ovata	Zigzag Cliff-brake	Rocky slopes, ledges, on calcareous and other rocks.	TX south into Mexico, Central America, and South America; West Indies (Hispaniola).
Pteridaceae	Pellaea ternifolia ssp. arizonica	Arizona Cliff-brake	On granitic outcrops.	A remarkable disjunct from sw. United States and Mexico (south to Oaxaca) to w. SC; see Heafner (2001) for additional information. When discovered, it was believed that the SC site was a state record for P. wrightiana (Platt & Townsend 1996), but Heafner (2001) demonstrated that the station actually represents P. ternifolia ssp. arizonica.
Pteridaceae	Pellaea wrightiana	Wright's Cliff-brake	In crevices or soil mats over various acidic to slightly basic rocks; eastwards on open to shaded outcrops of Carolina slate, "rich" granitic rock, gneiss, and other rock types.	Sw. AR (Ouachita Mountains; T. Witsell, pers. comm.) and OK west to se. CO and sw. UT, south to TX, AZ, and n. Mexico (COA, CHH, SON, BCN, and BCS), with a few, remarkable disjunct occurrences in c. NC (Wagner 1965; Heafner 2001) and w. SC (McMillan et al. 2018).
Pteridaceae	Pityrogramma	Silverback Fern, Goldback Fern
Pteridaceae	Pityrogramma calomelanos	Silverback Fern, Yerba de la Virgen	Ditches, roadsides.	Native of the Neotropics.
Pteridaceae	Pityrogramma trifoliata	Goldenrod Fern	Roadsides, ditches, wet disturbed areas.	FL; West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Pteridaceae	Pteridaceae	Maidenhair Fern Family
Pteridaceae	Pteris	Brake
Pteridaceae	Pteris ×delchampsii		Limestone ledges, walls	Known from s. FL and the Bahamas.
Pteridaceae	Pteris bahamensis	Bahama Ladder Brake, Bahama Brake	Pine rocklands, rockland hammocks, limestone sinkholes, marl prairies, disturbed areas.	S. FL; Bahamas.
Pteridaceae	Pteris cretica ssp. cretica	Cretan Brake, Table Fern	Limey rocks and soils.	Paleotropical, the original range unclear.
Pteridaceae	Pteris ensiformis		Escape from horticultural use.	Native of se. and s. Asia.
Pteridaceae	Pteris grandifolia	Long Brake	Swamps.	Formerly naturalized (probably now extirpated) in s. FL; native of tropical America.
Pteridaceae	Pteris multifida	Spider Brake, Huguenot Fern	Old walls with lime mortar, dams.	Native of e. and se. Asia. See Wyatt (2020) for discussion of spread and naturalization in our region.
Pteridaceae	Pteris parkeri	White-lined Cretan Brake, Variegated Table Fern	Limey rocks and soils.	Native of Japan and Korea.
Pteridaceae	Pteris plumieri	West Indian Striped Brake	Cypress swamps.	S. FL (Palm Beach County), where likely introduced; West Indies; Mexico, Central America, South America.
Pteridaceae	Pteris tripartita	Giant Brake	Swamps, wet hammocks, rockland hammocks.	Native of tropical Asia and Africa. Naturalized north to Alachua County, FL.
Pteridaceae	Pteris vittata	Ladder Brake	Old walls with lime mortar, canal banks, hammocks, disturbed areas.	Native of Paleotropics.
Pteridaceae	Vittaria	Shoestring Fern
Pteridaceae	Vittaria appalachiana	Appalachian Shoestring Fern, "Appalachian Gametophyte"	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.	Southern and Central Appalachians, mostly but not entirely south of the glacial boundary, from se. PA, sw. NY, and ne. OH south through c. TN and c. KY to n. GA, n. AL, and n. MS (Menapace, Davison, & Webb 1998).
Pteridaceae	Vittaria graminifolia	Grass Fern	Epiphytic on trunk base of beech (Fagus grandifolia), in crevices of Altamaha Grit sandstone in the Coastal Plain of GA, and XXX (in AL).	LA (St. Helena Parish); GA (Broxton Rocks, Coffee County) (Pinson, Chambers, & Sessa 2017); AL (Elmore County); West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Pteridaceae	Vittaria lineata	Shoestring Fern, Grass Fern	Epiphyte on the bark of trees, especially Sabal palmetto and Quercus virginiana, but the northernmost native site (in Lincoln County, GA) was on rock.	Se. GA and formerly ec. GA south to s. FL; West Indies; c. Mexico south through Central America to n. South America; introduced in e. SC (Beaufort and Jasper counties) and s. AL on landscaping plants.