Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Pteridophytes
Family Name: Pteridaceae

Adiantum - [maps | photos]

• Adiantum capillus-veneris L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: southern maidenhair

• Adiantum pedatum L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: northern maidenhair

Cheilanthes - [maps | photos]

• Cheilanthes alabamensis (Buckl.) Kunze
  Common Name: Alabama lip fern

• Cheilanthes lanosa (Michx.) D.C. Eaton
  Common Name: hairy lip fern

• Cheilanthes tomentosa Link
  Common Name: woolly lip fern

Pellaea - [maps | photos]

• Pellaea atropurpurea (L.) Link
  Common Name: purple cliffbrake

• Pellaea glabella Mett. ex Kuhn
  Common Name: smooth cliffbrake

Vittaria - [maps | photos]

• Vittaria appalachiana Farrar & Mickel
  Common Name: Appalachian shoestring fern

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.