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Your search found 3 taxa in the family Woodsiaceae, Lady Fern family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
Common Name:
Rusty Cliff Fern, Rusty Woodsia
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Woodsia ilvensis FAMILY: Woodsiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Woodsia ilvensis FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Woodsia ilvensis 011-02-001 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Look for it on cliffs of amphibolite, greenstone, other rocks
Rare
Native to North Carolina
)
Common Name:
Appalachian Woodsia, Appalachian Cliff Fern, Mountain Woodsia
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Woodsia appalachiana FAMILY: Woodsiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Woodsia appalachiana FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Woodsia scopulina 011-02-002 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Look for it on cliffs of sandstone, shale, granite, granitic gneiss, and hornblende gneiss
Rare, endemic to the Southern & Central Appalachians
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
)
Common Name:
Blunt-lobed Cliff Fern, Common Woodsia
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa FAMILY: Woodsiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa FAMILY: Dryopteridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Woodsia obtusa 011-02-003 FAMILY: Aspidiaceae
Look for it on rock outcrops of various sorts, moist talus, terrestrial near rock outcrops
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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