PLANTS Profile for Woodsia obtusa (bluntlobe cliff fern)

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PLANTS Profile

Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr.
bluntlobe cliff fern

Symbol:

WOOB2

Group:

Fern

Family:

Dryopteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr.

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Distribution:
Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr.

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 17 species in Woodsia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa
bluntlobe cliff fern

Woodsia obtusa ssp. occidentalis
western cliff fern

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr.

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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 obtusa (Spreng.) Torr. – bluntlobe cliff fern

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr.

This plant is 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.

Maine:
blunt-lobed woodsia		Threatened
Michigan:
blunt-lobed woodsia		Threatened
New Hampshire:
blunt-lobe woodsia		Threatened
New York:
blunt-lobed woodsia		Exploitably Vulnerable

More Accounts and Images:
Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr.

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

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17744.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 03:35 AM MDT