Myriopteris alabamensis

Classification	Pteridophytes
Family	Pteridaceae
Family (Traditional)	Pteridaceae
Genus	Myriopteris
Species:	Myriopteris alabamensis (Buckley) Grusz & Windham
Common Name	Alabama Lipfern
Growth Habit	fern
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: fern; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Reproductive Phenology: November; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 2; Leaf Dissection: 2.5; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Rank: N/A; Leaf Type: fern-like; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Margins: lobed; Leaflet Number: 20+; Anther Type: N/A; Carpel Number/Pistil: N/A; Fruit Complexity: N/A; Fruit Type: N/A; Fruit Wet/Dry: N/A; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: N/A; Inflorescence Types: N/A; Ovary Position: N/A; Overall Flower Symmetry: N/A; Ovules per Carpel: N/A; Perianth Present: No; Petal Fusion: N/A; Petal Number: N/A; Pistil Complexity: N/A; Pistil Number: N/A; Placentation Type: N/A; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: N/A; Sporangium Arrangement: marginal sori; Stamen Number: N/A; Tepal Number: N/A
C value	10
Status	Native
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Counties - Species Present

Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Cheilanthes alabamensis	Cheilanthes alabamensis (Buckley) Kunze
Pellaea alabamensis	Pellaea alabamensis (Buckley) Baker ex Hook.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Livingston (KY), Anderson (TN), Blount (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Claiborne (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dickson (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grainger (TN), Hawkins (TN), Hickman (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Lawrence (TN), Loudon (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Polk (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sevier (TN), Smith (TN), Sullivan (TN), Washington (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: UCHT, EKY, UOS, ETSU, TENN, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1929 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0003972	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003959	Davidson	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003975	Hawkins	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003950	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004007	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004020	Washington	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004015	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003990	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004011	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
UCHT002647	Marion	Tennessee	25 Nov 2009	E. Blyveis 298	UCHT Cheilanthes alabamensis
UCHT000426	Marion	Tennessee	10 May 1983	Edwin Bridges and Paul Somers. 187	UCHT Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187716	Jackson	Tennessee	27 Mar 1944	Jesse M. Shaver 5483	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187718	Lawrence	Tennessee	19 Mar 1945	Jesse M. Shaver 7991	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187704	Davidson	Tennessee	01 Oct 1933	Jesse M. Shaver 1589	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004008	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003967	DeKalb	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003986	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003952	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003949	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003971		Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004006	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003974	Grainger	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003991	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004013	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004019	Sullivan	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187715	Humphreys	Tennessee	04 Sep 1943	Jesse M. Shaver 4440	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187708	DeKalb	Tennessee	03 Oct 1943	Jesse M. Shaver 4260	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187717	Knox	Tennessee	15 Apr 1989	V. E. McNeilus 89-17	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003945	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003962		Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003992	Lawrence	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003980	Humphreys	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004004	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003946	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003970	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003963	Davidson	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0210353	Davidson	Tennessee		A. Gattinger	TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
UCHT000427	Davidson	Tennessee	16 Jun 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 1584	UCHT Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187698	Blount	Tennessee	12 Sep 1949	Jesse M. Shaver 10636	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187700	Davidson	Tennessee	30 Oct 1943	Jesse M. Shaver 4349	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187713	Hawkins	Tennessee	01 Mar 1946	Jesse M. Shaver 8468	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187722	Monroe	Tennessee	08 Sep 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 1579	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
31234100000965	Knox	Tennessee	27 Jun 1979	B. Eugene Wofford 79-157	EKY Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003977	Hickman	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004002	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004012	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004017	Sullivan	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003944	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003989	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003956	Claiborne	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003954	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004164	Blount	Tennessee	27 Apr 1929		TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187727	Rutherford	Tennessee	09 Sep 1966	D. P. Whittier s.n	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187728	Rutherford	Tennessee	16 Oct 1954	Elsie Quarterman 5124	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187731	Sullivan	Tennessee	10 Jul 1980	Paul Somers 1946	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187724	Polk	Tennessee	13 Sep 1949	Jesse M. Shaver 10646	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
ETSU000783	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Cheilanthes alabamensis
ETSU000784	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003958	Davidson	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004005	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003951	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003988	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003968	DeKalb	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003947	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003982	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187730	Smith	Tennessee	27 Mar 1944	Jesse M. Shaver 5495	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187720	Maury	Tennessee	05 Apr 1979	Paul Somers 1616	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187719	Marion	Tennessee	16 Jun 1948	A. J. Sharp 48-99	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187701	Davidson	Tennessee	26 Aug 1934	Jesse M. Shaver 1595	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003984	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003983		Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003966	DeKalb	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004003	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187729	Smith	Tennessee	23 Sep 1947	Don Caplenor 10201	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187699	Cheatham	Tennessee	06 May 1982	R. Kral 68288	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187710	DeKalb	Tennessee	02 Jun 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 1587	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
UCHT000424	Marion	Tennessee	18 May 1998	John Beck 1914	UCHT Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004016	Smith	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004001	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003964	Davidson	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003978	Hickman	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004181	Livingston	Kentucky			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004000	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003979	Humphreys	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003981	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003997	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
UOS08718	Franklin	Tennessee	11 Aug 1952	Jean A. Yeatman	UOS Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187711	Dickson	Tennessee	20 Sep 1986	Kevin H. Souza 86 - 625	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187709	DeKalb	Tennessee	02 Jun 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 1586	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT64538	Davidson	Tennessee	26 Aug 1934	Jesse M. Shaver 1621B	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187725	Rutherford	Tennessee	24 Sep 1944	Jesse M. Shaver 7926	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003957	Davidson	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003976	Hawkins	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003961	Davidson	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003994	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003995	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003998	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003948	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003965	Davidson	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003960		Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004021	White	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187714	Hickman	Tennessee	31 Aug 1934	Jesse M. Shaver 1592	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187723	Monroe	Tennessee	08 Sep 1935	Jesse M. Shaver 1581	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
ETSU025872	Hawkins	Tennessee	17 Mar 2019	Frosty Levy 19035	ETSU Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187712	Giles	Tennessee	14 Jul 1948	A. J. Sharp 9862	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187705	Davidson	Tennessee	01 Oct 1933	Jesse M. Shaver 1591	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003973	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003969	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003987	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
ETSU000782	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187726	Rutherford	Tennessee	20 May 1945	Jesse M. Shaver 9192	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
BRIT187721	Maury	Tennessee	16 Sep 1943	Jesse M. Shaver 4387	VDB Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003943	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003993	Loudon	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004009	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004018	Sullivan	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003996	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004010	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0004014	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003953	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003985	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003955	Claiborne	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
TENN-V-0003999	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Cheilanthes alabamensis
UCHT002646	Marion	Tennessee	13 Feb 2011	F. Blyveiss 555	UCHT Cheilanthes alabamensis
UCHT002645	Marion	Tennessee	26 Sep 2009	E. Blyveis 755	UCHT Cheilanthes alabamensis
N/A	Hawkins	Tennessee	17 Mar 2019	Frosty Levy	ETSU Cheilanthes alabamensis

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