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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
Your search found 18 taxa in the family Pteridaceae, Maidenhair Fern family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Northern Maidenhair Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Adiantum pedatum FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Adiantum pedatum FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Adiantum pedatum 010-01-001 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Moist forests and cliffs, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, sometimes in seasonal seepage
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Maidenhair Fern, Venus-hair Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Adiantum capillus-veneris FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Adiantum capillus-veneris FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Adiantum capillus-veneris 010-01-002 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: 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
Rare
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia, and the GA Mountains
Common Name: Rough Maidenhair, Garden Maidenhair
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Adiantum hispidulum FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Adiantum hispidulum FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Stone walls, old wells
Waif(s)
Non-native: Africa & Asia
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Common Name:
Hay-scented Fern, Pasture Fern, Boulder Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sitobolium punctilobulum FAMILY: Dennstaedtiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dennstaedtia punctilobula FAMILY: Dennstaedtiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dennstaedtia punctilobula 010-02-001 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Rocky or dry woodlands and forests, rock outcrops, pastures, clearings, roadbanks
Common in Mountains (uncommon in NC Piedmont, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Alabama Lipfern, Smooth Lipfern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Myriopteris alabamensis FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cheilanthes alabamensis FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cheilanthes alabamensis 010-03-001 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Dry outcrops of limestone
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hairy Lipfern
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Myriopteris lanosa FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cheilanthes lanosa FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cheilanthes lanosa 010-03-002 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Dry outcrops of felsic or intermediate-composition metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks
Common to uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Woolly Lipfern
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Myriopteris tomentosa FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cheilanthes tomentosa FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cheilanthes tomentosa 010-03-003 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Dry outcrops of intermediate or calcareous metamorphic, igneous, or sedimentary rocks (including sandstone outcrops in the Coastal Plain of GA and SC)
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Purple Cliffbrake
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pellaea atropurpurea FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pellaea atropurpurea FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pellaea atropurpurea 010-04-001 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Outcrops of limestone and other rocks (usually either calcareous, subcalcareous, or mafic), rarely on masonry walls (Wieboldt 1995)
Common in GA Mountains, uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Wright's Cliffbrake
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Pellaea wrightiana FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pellaea wrightiana FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pellaea wrightiana 010-04-002 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: South-facing outcrops of Carolina slate, "rich" granitic rock, gneiss, and other rock types
Rare
Native to sw. US, with a few, remarkable disjunct occurrences in c. NC & w. SC
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Common Name:
Arizona Cliffbrake
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Pellaea ternifolia ssp. arizonica FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pellaea ternifolia ssp. arizonica FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: On granitic outcrops
Rare
Native to southwestern US, with disjunct populations in SC
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Common Name:
Wavy Cloak Fern, Wavy Scaly Cloak Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Granitic outcrops and boulders, outcrops of acidic gneiss
Rare
Native to southwestern US, with disjunct populations in GA & w. SC
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Common Name:
Copper Fern, Hispid Bommer Fern, Hairy Bommer
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Bommeria hispida FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bommeria hispida FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Exposed rock
Rare
Native to southwestern US, with a disjunct population in w. SC
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Common Name:
Eastern Bracken, Brake
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pteridium latiusculum FAMILY: Dennstaedtiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum FAMILY: Dennstaedtiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum 010-05-001 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Mainly in dry woodlands, forests, and heath balds, up to 1600 m in elevation
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Bracken
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pteridium pseudocaudatum FAMILY: Dennstaedtiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum FAMILY: Dennstaedtiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum 010-05-001 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Mainly in dry sandy or rocky woodlands, often locally abundant in longleaf pine sandhills and pine flatwoods
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Spider Brake, Wall Fern, Huguenot Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pteris multifida FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pteris multifida FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pteris multifida 010-06-001 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Old walls with lime mortar, dams
Rare
Non-native: Paleotropics
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Common Name:
Ladder Brake, Chinese Brake Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pteris vittata FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pteris vittata FAMILY: Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pteris vittata 010-06-002 FAMILY: Pteridaceae
Habitat: Old walls with lime mortar
Rare
Non-native: east Asia
Common Name: Creeping Bramble Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypolepis barringtonii FAMILY: Dennstaedtiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Hypolepis repens FAMILY: Dennstaedtiaceae
Habitat: Swamps, wet hammocks, solution holes
Native to Florida
Common Name: Spineless Bramble Fern, Soft Ground-fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hypolepis tenuifolia FAMILY: Dennstaedtiaceae
Habitat: Moist disturbed areas
Non-native: tropical east Asia & South Pacific islands
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