Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Woodsia ilvensis
FAMILY
Woodsiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Woodsia ilvensis
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Woodsia ilvensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Woodsia ilvensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-02-001:
Woodsia ilvensis FAMILY Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Woodsia ilvensis
COMMON NAME:
Rusty Cliff Fern, Rusty Woodsia
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_woil_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Woodsia ilvensis
FAMILY
Woodsiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Woodsia ilvensis
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Woodsia ilvensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Woodsia ilvensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-02-001:
Woodsia ilvensis
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Woodsia ilvensis
1920
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Cliffs of amphibolite, greenstone, other rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
2-pinnate
Leaves clustered from a rhizome covered by even-length old petiole bases
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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