Stegnogramma burksiorum is a narrow endemic restricted to sandstone rockhouse habitats along the Sipsey River in northern Alabama. All known plants are found in a few small populations along a 1/2 mile stretch of river. These unique habitats host a number of other “rockhouse” ferns typical of the Appalachian Mountains, including Vittaria appalachiana, Vandenboschia boschiana, and Crepidomanes intricatum.
Observation Data
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Thelypteridaceae
- Genus: Stegnogramma Blume
- Species: Stegnogramma burksiorum (J.E. Watkins & Farrar) Weakley
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Location
- Location: Bankhead National Forest – – Winston County – Alabama – United States.
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Awesome images of Eddie Watkins and “his” beautiful Thelypteris burksiorum. Was he looking for the gametophytes?
Fernando,
Thanks! He might have been! There are a lot of Crepidomanes intricatum gametophytes there, and the sporophytes of T. burksiorum are small are grow in rock crevices, so he might have been looking for them, too. I can’t remember.