[Ferns of the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Lace Fern, Lace Lipfern

Myriopteris gracillima

Synonym: Cheilanthes gracillima

Dorsal surface of a leaflet of Lace Lipfern, Lace Fern: Myriopteris gracillima (Synonym: Cheilanthes gracillima)

Ventral surface of the leaflets of Lace Lipfern, Lace Fern: Myriopteris gracillima (Synonym: Cheilanthes gracillima) - Lace Lipfern, Lace Fern: Myriopteris gracillima (Synonym: Cheilanthes gracillima)

Close-up photos of lace lipfern as seen on a rocky outcrop above Washington Highway 14 at T3N R18E S14 in the southern part of the Goodnoe Hills of south-central Klickitat County, WA...........April 20, 2011.

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

Lacelip fern as seen at left growing wedged in a rock crevice on a rock outcrop high in the Labyrinth in the mid-Columbia River Gorge...........February 28, 2010. The photo at right shows lacelip fern growing between rocks on a road cut adjacent to the waterfall above the Crawford Oaks Trailhead at Columbia Hills State Park..........November 18, 2017.

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

Lacelip ferns growing in rock crevices on the vertical basalt cliffs at Horsethief Butte, Columbia Hills State Park.............February 4, 2011. This site seems to be one of the largest, easy to access places to view this attractive fern. Unfortunately, it doesn't grow well in the garden because it is hard for us to recreate its rocky habitat. The spikemoss observed above the fern is Wallace's spikemoss (Selaginella wallacei).

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

Lace lipferns as seen in basalt rock outcrops above the old Sevenmile Hill Road on Sevenmile Hill, northwest of Chenoweth, Oregon.........February 15, 2016.

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

Lace lipferns at left growing between rocks above the waterfall above the Crawford Oaks Trailhead at Columbia Hills Historical State Park..........November 11, 2019. The photo at right shows lace lipferns between rocks at the southern foot of Sevenmile Hill outside Chenoweth, OR......February 21, 2020.

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

Lace lipferns growing between rocks on slopes above the waterfall above the Crawford Oaks Trailhead at Columbia Hills Historical State Park..........February 24, 2021 (left) and November 2, 2022 (right).

Paul Slichter