Fern of calcareous dry cliffs, occurring throughout eastern North America. Evergreen.
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Bluntlobe Cliff Fern
Genus species:
Woodsia obtusa
Common Names:
Bluntlobe Cliff Fern, Common Woodsia
Family Name:
Dryopteridaceae
Rhizomes creeping, scaly; leaves various, the petioles with 2-many vascular bundles; sori dorsal on veins or at vein tips, an indusium present in most, linear to reniform to hoodlike or lobed but not marginal; sporangia with annulus complete.
Seed Type
Gymnosperm
Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods.
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