Myriopteris alabamensis (Buckley) Grusz & Windham. Common name: Alabama Lipfern, Smooth Lipfern. Phenology: Mar-Nov (-Feb). Habitat: Dry outcrops of limestone. Distribution: 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 ⓘ: = K4, Grusz & Windham (2013); = Cheilanthes alabamensis (Buckley) Kunze — Ar, C, ETx1, F, Fl1, FNA2, G, GrPl, Mo1, NS, RAB, S13, Sf, Tn, Tx, TxFerns, Va, W, WH3, Lellinger (1985); = Hemionitis alabamensis (Buckley) Christenh. — POWO, Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng (2018); = Pellaea alabamensis (Buckley) Baker ex Hook.; Pteris alabamensis Buckley. Basionym: Pteris alabamensis Buckley 1843
Links to other floras: = Cheilanthes alabamensis - FNA2
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Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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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 ⭷
© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
© 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 ⭷Feedback
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