How to Grow and Care for Lip ferns

Native to North America, slender lip fern is usually found in calcareous soils and rocks, such as limestone, where it grows between cracks. This fern is easily recognizable by the numerous densely haired leaves produced by rhizomes.

Golden cloak fern (Myriopteris aurea) is a fern native to Mexico and parts of the United States. It is also known as Golden Lipfern. It is considered drought-tolerant and can grow in full sun to partial shade.

While the native range of alabama lipfern extends throughout much of the southern United States and Mexico, it is most concentrated in northern Alabama. This herbaceous perennial grows wild in rocky areas, including cliffsides and slopes.

Woolly lipfern typically grows in dry and rocky places such as high cliffs and crevices in substrate such as limestone or granite. It shrivels up into a brown curled mass and appears dead in periods of drought but will green up again in periods of moisture, this has earned it the name resurrection fern.

Myriopteris lendigera is a delicate fern with lacey fronds that often grow in tufts, preferring rocky substrates and cliff faces. Its fronds emerge upright, unfurling to reveal a gray-green color with a soft, velvety texture. Adaptive to arid environments, myriopteris lendigera demonstrates resilience by thriving in the crevices and shadows where moisture lingers longer, a testament to its unique ability to conserve water.