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Dryopteridaceae

Spinulose woodfern

Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs

Family
Dryopteridaceae
Genus
Dryopteris

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Spinulose woodfern: Kleiner Dornfarn ( Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs), Schildfarngewächse (Aspidiaceae) - Österreich/Austria/Autriche: Kärnten, Dobrowa bei Völkermarkt
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (19)
arz
دريوبتريس كارثوسيانا
Belarusian
Шчытоўнік ігальчасты, Баромец, Папараць балацяная
Bulgarian
Бодлива папрат
Chinese
刺叶鳞毛蕨, 刺葉鱗毛蕨
Czech
Kapraď osténkatá
Dutch
Smalle stekelvaren
English
Spinulose woodfern, Narrow buckler-fern
Estonian
Ohtene sõnajalg
Finnish
Metsäalvejuuri
French
Dryoptéris des chartreux
German
Gewöhnlicher Dornfarn, Dorniger Wurmfarn
Hungarian
Szálkás pajzsika
Italian
Felce a scudo stretto, Felce di bosco spinosa
Norwegian Bokmål
Broddtelg
Polish
Nerecznica krótkoostna
Russian
Щитовник картузианский
Slovenian
Bodičasta glistovnica
Swedish
Skogsbräken
Welsh
Marchredynen gul

Synonyms

  • Aspidium callipteris Wilms
  • Aspidium groenlandicum Gand.
  • Aspidium spinulosum Milde
  • Aspidium spinulosum (Retz.) Sw.
  • Aspidium spinulosum f. anadenium B.L.Rob.
  • Aspidium spinulosum var. elevatum A.Braun ex Döll
  • Aspidium spinulosum var. exaltatum Lasch
  • Aspidium spinulosum var. subcoriaceum Rupr.
  • Aspidium tanacetifolium Rupr.
  • Dryopteris aristata Charit.
  • Dryopteris austriaca subsp. spinulosa (O.f. Müll.) Schinz & Thell.
  • Dryopteris austriaca var. spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Fiori
  • Dryopteris eu-spinulosa (Asch.) Fomin
  • Dryopteris lanceolatocristata (Hoffm.) Alston
  • Dryopteris spinulosa Holmberg
  • Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt
  • Dryopteris spinulosa var. dumetorum Underw.
  • Dryopteris spinulosa var. elevata (A.Braun ex Döll) Vollm.
  • Dryopteris spinulosa var. exaltata (Lasch) Vollm.
  • Dryopteris spinulosa var. glandulosa Gilbert
  • Dryopteris spinulosa var. patuloides Christ
  • Filix spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Farw.
  • Filix spinulosa var. intermedia Farw.
  • Filix-mas spinulosa Farw.
  • Filix-mas spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Farw.
  • Lastrea dilatata var. linearis Bab.
  • Lastrea spinosa Newm.
  • Lastrea spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) C.Presl
  • Lastrea spinulosa var. dilatata G.Lawson
  • Lastrea spinulosa var. elevata (A.Braun ex Döll) Syme & N.E.Br.
  • Lastrea spinulosa var. exaltata (Lasch) Syme & N.E.Br.
  • Lophodium spinosum Newman
  • Nephrodium dilatatum prol. tanacetifolium (Hoffm.) Rouy
  • Nephrodium dilatatum subsp. tanacetifolium (Hoffm.) P.E.Fourn.
  • Nephrodium jordanii Rouy
  • Nephrodium spinulosum (O.F.Müll.) Strempel
  • Nephrodium spinulosum f. anadenium Clute
  • Nephrodium spinulosum var. bipinnatum Hook.
  • Nephrodium spinulosum var. elevatum (A.Br.) Rouy
  • Nephrodium spinulosum var. exaltatum (Lasch) Rouy

and 19 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

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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.