[Lipferns: The Genus Cheilanthes in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Lace Lipfern, Lace Fern

Myriopteris gracillima

Synonym: Cheilanthes gracillima

Lace Lipfern, Lace Fern: Myriopteris gracillima (Synonym: Cheilanthes gracillima)

This photo shows lace lipfern as seen in a rock crevice at the King Mt. Rock Garden ACEC to the north of Grants Pass, OR..........June 25, 2005.

Lace Lipfern, Lace Fern: Cheilanthes gracillima - Lace Lipfern, Lace Fern: Myriopteris gracillima (Synonym: Cheilanthes gracillima)

The photo at left shows lace lipfern as seen in a rock crevice with Sedum spathulatum at the King Mt. Rock Garden ACEC to the north of Grants Pass, OR..........June 25, 2005. The photo at right shows lace lipfern on rock outcrops at a bald along the Surveyor's Ridge Trail #688 about one mile northwest of the Gibson Prairie Horse Camp, Mount Hood National Forest.....June 11, 2024.

Lace Lipfern, Lace Fern: Myriopteris gracillima (Synonym: Cheilanthes gracillima)

Lace lipfern on a rock outcrop uphill to the west of the South Tieton Trail #1120, Wenatchee National Forest..........June 28, 2013.

Lace Lipfern, Lace Fern: Myriopteris gracillima (Synonym: Cheilanthes gracillima)

Lace lipfern on a rock outcrop where the South Fork Conrad Creek drops over a tall waterfall downstream of an old pack trail that winds its way north to the North Fork Conrad Creek and Devils Horns, Goat Rocks Wilderness........July 22, 2016.

Lace Lipfern, Lace Fern: Myriopteris gracillima (Synonym: Cheilanthes gracillima) - Lace Lipfern, Lace Fern: Myriopteris gracillima (Synonym: Cheilanthes gracillima)

Lace lipfern (at left) growing from cracks on rock outcrops along the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 about one mile northeast of Chinook Pass, Wenatchee National Forest...........August 25, 2014. The photo at right shows lace lipfern growing from cracks on rock outcrops at Bull of the Woods Mountain, Bull of the Woods Wilderness........September 14, 2018.

Paul Slichter