PLANTS Profile for Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa (bluntlobe cliff fern)

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PLANTS Profile

Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr. ssp. obtusa
bluntlobe cliff fern

Symbol:

WOOBO

Group:

Fern

Family:

Dryopteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr. ssp. obtusa

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Distribution:
Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr. ssp. obtusa


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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. ssp. obtusa

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 17 species in Woodsia, 2 subspecies in Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr.

Classification:
Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr. ssp. obtusa

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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
Subspecies	Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr. ssp. obtusa – bluntlobe cliff fern

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

The related entities 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.

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

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

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 524830.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 06:30 AM CDT