Scientific or common name:

Woodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.

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BLECHNACEAE - Chain Fern family Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Woodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.
Nomencl. ref.: Mem. Ac. Brux. 5. 412. 1793. HB. 188. Chr. 186 (pt.). NPfl. 253. 1793
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Virginia chainfern
English name: Virginia chain fern
French name: woodwardie de Virginie

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Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Anchistea virginica (L.) C. Presl

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: -
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Filicopsida
Subclass: -
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Blechnaceae
Genus: Woodwardia
Species:

1) Woodwardia areolata (L.) T. Moore 2) Woodwardia chamissoi Brack. 3) Woodwardia fimbriata Sm. 4) Woodwardia radicans (L.) J. Sm. 5) Woodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, PE, QC)


Map for Woodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Filicopsida 2) Polypodiopsida

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Families
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1) Anemiaceae (Flowering Fern family) 2) Aspleniaceae (Spleenwort family) 3) Blechnaceae (Chain Fern family) 4) Cyatheaceae (Tree Fern family) 5) Davalliaceae (Hanging Fern family) 6) Dennstaedtiaceae (Bracken Fern family) 7) Dicksoniaceae (Tree Fern family) 8) Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family) 9) Gleicheniaceae (Forking Fern family) 10) Grammitidaceae (Kihi Fern family) 11) Hymenophyllaceae (Filmy Fern family) 12) Lophosoriaceae (Diamond-leaf Fern family) 13) Lygodiaceae (Climbing Fern family) 14) Marattiaceae (Vessel Fern family) 15) Marsileaceae (Water-clover family) 16) Ophioglossaceae 17) Osmundaceae (Royal Fern family) 18) Parkeriaceae (Water Fern family) 19) Polypodiaceae (Polypody family) 20) Pteridaceae (Maidenhair Fern family) 21) Salviniaceae (Floating Fern family) 22) Schizaeaceae (Curly-grass family) 23) Thelypteridaceae (Marsh Fern family) 24) Vittariaceae (Shoestring Fern family)

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Genera (Blechnaceae)
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1) Anchistea (chainfern) 2) Blechnum (midsorus fern) 3) Doodia (hacksaw fern) 4) Lomaria (midsorus fern) 5) Lomariopsis (stenochlaena) 6) Lorinseria (chainfern) 7) Osmunda (midsorus fern) 8) Sadleria 9) Stenochlaena 10) Struthiopteris (midsorus fern) 11) Woodwardia (chainfern)

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Common names (Woodwardia)
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1) Giant chainfern (Woodwardia fimbriata) 2) Netted chainfern (Woodwardia areolata) 3) Rooting chainfern (Woodwardia radicans) 4) Virginia chainfern (Woodwardia virginica)

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More species:
1) Wulfenia bullii (Eaton) Barnhart [134]
2) Wullschlaegelia aphylla (Sw.) Rchb. f. [177]
3) Wyethia bolanderi (A. Gray) W.A. Weber [220]
4) Wyethia helianthoides Nutt. [337]
5) Wyethia scabra Hook. [134]
6) x Agroelymus cayouetteorum B. Boivin [192]
7) x Agroelymus hodgsonii Lepage [149]
8) x Agroelymus ungavensis (Louis-Marie) Lepage [141]
9) x Asplenosorus boydstoniae Walter [162]
10) x Asplenosorus trudellii (Wherry) Mickel [146]

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