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Woodsia appalachiana T.M.C. Taylor
Appalachian cliff fern

       
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Woodsia appalachiana T.M.C. Taylor

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Synonyms:
Woodsia appalachiana T.M.C. Taylor

  WOSCA2 Woodsia scopulina D.C. Eaton ssp. appalachiana (T.M.C. Taylor) Windham
  WOSCA Woodsia scopulina D.C. Eaton var. appalachiana (T.M.C. Taylor) Morton
 

Distribution:
Woodsia appalachiana T.M.C. Taylor

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USA (AR, GA, KY, NC, OK, TN, VA, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Woodsia appalachiana T.M.C. Taylor

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 17 species in Woodsia
 

Classification:
Woodsia appalachiana T.M.C. Taylor

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class Filicopsida
Order Polypodiales
Family Dryopteridaceae – Wood Fern family
Genus Woodsia R. Br. – cliff fern
Species Woodsia appalachiana T.M.C. Taylor – Appalachian cliff fern
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Woodsia appalachiana T.M.C. Taylor

This plant and synonym italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Kentucky:
mountain woodsia              Endangered
Tennessee:
Woodsia scopulina ssp. appalachiana
Alleghany cliff-fern              Special Concern
 

More Accounts and Images:
Woodsia appalachiana T.M.C. Taylor

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505752.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/23/2008 02:32 AM MDT