| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pteridaceae | Myriopteris aemula | Texas Lipfern, Rival Lipfern | On outcrops of calcareous rocks. | E., c., and s. Texas south to n. Mexico (also Chiapas). | |
| Pteridaceae | Myriopteris alabamensis | Alabama Lipfern, Smooth Lipfern | Dry outcrops of limestone. | Virginia, w. North Carolina, s. Missouri, and Oklahoma south and west to n. Georgia, Alabama, peninsular Florida (historically), Texas, New Mexico, se. Arizona, and Mexico (south to Oaxaca). | ![]() (c) Cressler, Alan M. |
| Pteridaceae | Myriopteris gracilis | Slender Lipfern | Dry outcrops of calcareous sedimentary rocks (dolostone), other rock outcrops. | Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, Alberta, and British Columbia south to Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, s. California, and n. Mexico (Chihuahua and Coahuila); disjunct eastward in Kentucky, w. Virginia, and c. North Carolina. Known from a dolostone cliff in Pulaski County, Virginia, where disjunct about 450 km east of a population in Bullitt County, Kentucky, and an additional 200 km from other populations in Illinois (Wieboldt & Bentley 1982, Porter & Wieboldt 1991); an additional eastern collection from 1930 has recently come to light, from Durham Co. in nc. North Carolina (Rothfels, Sigel, & Windham 2012). | ![]() (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Pteridaceae | Myriopteris lanosa | Hairy Lipfern | Dry outcrops of felsic or intermediate-composition metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks. | 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). | ![]() (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Pteridaceae | Myriopteris lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Lipfern | Rock outcrops, mainly granite. | Sw. Oklahoma, c. Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona south to s. Mexico. | ![]() (c) Cressler, Alan M. |
| Pteridaceae | Myriopteris microphylla | Southern Lipfern | Shell hammocks, limestone outcrops. | Panhandle Florida (Washington County) and ne. Florida south to s. Florida; West Indies; Mexico through Central America to n. South America. | ![]() (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Pteridaceae | Myriopteris rufa | Chestnut Lipfern, Eaton's Lipfern | Dry outcrops of sedimentary or metamorphic rocks (including calcareous shales and siltstones). | Sw. Texas to s. Arizona and south into Mexico, with scattered disjunct occurrences in c. Oklahoma, n. Arkansas, e. West Virginia, and c. and w. Virginia (to be expected elsewhere in our area); disjunct in Costa Rica. | ![]() (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Pteridaceae | Myriopteris scabra | Rough Lipfern | Rock crevices. | Sc. Oklahoma, c. and s. Texas, and New Mexico 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. Virginia and n. West Virginia south to Kentucky, Georgia, and Alabama, also at scattered localities from Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas (historical) south and west to New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico (south to Veracruz). | ![]() (c) Fleming, Gary P. |






