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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

See herbarium specimens at the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

Separation of the three Woodsia species, as well as the several Cystopteris species, can be quite difficult without a hand lens. Learn more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Most ferns that grow on rocks are specific either to acidic rocks or to alkaline calcareous rocks. Woodsia obtusa is unusual in that it is frequently found on both, as well as also in soil. Read more in Ferns of Alabama.

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-02-003:

Woodsia obtusa   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Woodsia obtusa

 

COMMON NAME:
Blunt-lobed Cliff Fern, Common Woodsia

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa   FAMILY Woodsiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa   FAMILY Dryopteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-02-003:
Woodsia obtusa   FAMILY Aspidiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Woodsia obtusa