Bluntlobe Cliff Fern

Synonyms:   Common Woodsia

Scientific Name:   Woodsia obtusa


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.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Fern
Identified by:M. Becus