Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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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. | |
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). |
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