Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Pteridophytes
Family Name: Woodsiaceae

Athyrium - [maps | photos]

• Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Mert. ssp. angustum (Willd.) Lawson (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: northern lady fern
  Synonyms:
  

         • Athyrium angustum (Willd.) K. Presl

• Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. asplenioides (Michx.) Farw.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: southern lady fern
  Synonyms:
  

         • Athyrium asplenioides (Michx.) Desv.

Cystopteris - [maps | photos]

• Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: bulblet bladder fern

• Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell
  Common Name: lowland or southern bladder fern
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. protrusa Weath.

• Cystopteris tennesseensis Shaver
  Common Name: Tennessee bladder fern
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. tennesseensis (Shaver) McGregor

• Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv.
  Common Name: brittle bladder fern
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. var. mackayi Lawson

Deparia - [maps | photos]

• Deparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M. Kato
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: silver glade fern
  Synonyms:
  

         • Athyrium thelypterioides (Michx.) Desv.

         • Diplazium acrostichoides (Sw.) Butters

Diplazium - [maps | photos]

• Diplazium pycnocarpon (Spreng.) M. Broun
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: narrowleaf glade fern
  Synonyms:
  

         • Athyrium pycnocarpon (Spreng.) Tidestrom

         • Homalosorus pycnocarpos (Spreng.) Tidstr.

         • Asplenium pycnocarpon Spreng.

Woodsia - [maps | photos]

• Woodsia appalachiana T.M.C. Taylor (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: Appalachian cliff fern
  Synonyms:
  

         • Woodsia scopulina D.C. Eaton var. appalachiana (T.M.C. Taylor) Morton

         • Woodsia scopulina D.C. Eaton ssp. appalachiana (T.M.C. Taylor) Windham

• Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr.
  Common Name: bluntlobe cliff fern

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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