Dryopteridaceae
Mountain woodfern
Dryopteris campyloptera
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Dryopteris
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 阔叶鳞毛蕨
- English
- Mountain woodfern
Synonyms
- Aspidium campylopterum Kunze
- Aspidium spinulosum var. americanum Fischer ex Kunze
- Aspidium spinulosum var. concordianum Eastman
- Dryopteris austriaca var. concordiana (Davenp.) C.V.Morton
- Dryopteris dilatata subsp. americana (Fisch. ex Kunze) Hultén
- Dryopteris dilatata subsp. campyloptera (Clarkson) C.V.Morton
- Dryopteris dilatata var. americana (Fisch. ex Kunze) Benedict
- Dryopteris intermedia f. concordiana (Davenp.) Clute
- Dryopteris intermedia var. concordiana (Davenp.) M.Broun
- Dryopteris spinulosa var. americana Fernald
- Dryopteris spinulosa var. concordiana (Davenp.) Eastman
- Filix spinulosa var. americana Farw.
- Filix spinulosa var. americana (Fisch. ex Kunze) Farw.
- Filix spinulosa var. concordiana Farw.
- Filix-mas rigida var. americana Farw.
- Filix-mas spinulosa var. americana (Fisch.) Farw.
- Filix-mas spinulosa var. americana (Fisch. ex Kunze) Farw.
- Nephrodium spinulosum f. concordianum (Davenp.) Clute
- Nephrodium spinulosum var. concordianum Davenp.
- Thelypteris dilatata var. americana (Fisch.) House
- Thelypteris spinulosa var. americana Weath.
- Thelypteris spinulosa var. concordiana Weath.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Evan M. Raskin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: jillllybean, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sean Grasing, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: jillllybean, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:Zenwort, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:Zenwort, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.