Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Woodsia appalachiana
FAMILY
Woodsiaceae
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Learn more about Woodsia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Woodsia appalachiana
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Woodsia appalachiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Woodsia scopulina ssp. appalachiana
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-02-002:
Woodsia scopulina FAMILY Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Woodsia scopulina var. appalachiana
INCLUDED WITHIN Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Woodsia scopulina
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Woodsia, Appalachian Cliff Fern, Mountain Woodsia
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmwappalachiana_ab2
May Alleghaney County NC
It has distinctly toothed pinna margins and many flat whitish hairs, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmwappalachiana_ab3
May Alleghaney County NC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmwappalachiana_ab2002
Month Unknown Alleghaney County NC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmwappalachiana_ab20021
Month Unknown Alleghaney County NC
Blade oblong to linear, acuminate at apex and narrowed at base, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Woodsia appalachiana
FAMILY
Woodsiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Woodsia appalachiana
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Woodsia appalachiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Woodsia scopulina ssp. appalachiana
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-02-002:
Woodsia scopulina
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Woodsia scopulina var. appalachiana
INCLUDED WITHIN
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Woodsia scopulina
2364
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: On cliffs of sandstone, shale, granite, granitic gneiss, and hornblende gneiss, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
2-pinnate to 2-pinnate-pinnatifid
Leaves clustered from a rhizome covered by old petiole bases of various lengths
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986) p130
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p234
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