Alabama Streak-Sorus Fern Habitat

This image from Winston County depicts the typical habitat of the extremely rare Alabama streak-sorus fern (Leptogramma burksiorum), which clings to damp and humid rock faces and cavelike structures found along a five-mile stretch of the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River.

Rock overhang with moss-covered sandstone ledges and ferns growing in a shaded, moist habitat.
Photo courtesy of Alan Cressler
Rock overhang with moss-covered sandstone ledges and ferns growing in a shaded, moist habitat.