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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Ferns
  5. Polypodiales
  6. Cliff Ferns
  7. Cliff Ferns

genus

Cliff Ferns

Woodsia

Traits
Includes
8 native 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Blunt Woodsia native
  • Rusty Woodsia native
  • Rocky Mountain Woodsia native
  • Oregon Woodsia native
  • Smooth Woodsia native
  • Alpine Woodsia native
  • New Mexican Woodsia present
  • Phillips's Cliff Fern
  • Cochise Woodsia
  • Plummer's Woodsia native
  • Appalachian Woodsia presumed native
  • Abbe's Woodsia
  • Slender Woodsia
  • Mexican Cliff Fern
  • Tryon's Woodsia
  • Woodsia × kansana
  • Maxon's Woodsia

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Fern Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native cliff ferns All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Rusty Woodsia Woodsia ilvensis food 4
  • Alpine Woodsia Woodsia alpina food 4
  • Blunt Woodsia Woodsia obtusa
  • Rocky Mountain Woodsia Woodsia scopulina
  • Oregon Woodsia Woodsia oregana
  • Smooth Woodsia Woodsia glabella
  • Plummer's Woodsia Woodsia plummerae
  • Appalachian Woodsia Woodsia appalachiana

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