Alabama Lipfern
Cheilanthes alabamensis
Characteristics
- Environment - Limestone boulders and stream edges.
- Fronds - Bipinnate
- Leaves - Crennulate edges
- Rachis - Black with thin scales.
- Spores - In rows along the edge of the pinnules.
Fern cluster growing on the side of a boulder alongside a creek.
Bipinnate frond.
Rachis showing the scales and sori along the edge of the leaflet.
Bottom view of a leaf showing the sori along the lip. Also seen is the main stem, side stems and the beginnings of a third branch.
Upper surface of one leaf showing the connection to the rachis and the shapes of the leaflets..
Ferns Gallery
