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Dryopteridaceae

Cinnamon woodfern

Dryopteris cinnamomea C.Chr.

Family
Dryopteridaceae
Genus
Dryopteris

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Common names

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English
Cinnamon woodfern

Synonyms

  • Aspidium agatholepis Fée
  • Aspidium agatolepis Fée
  • Aspidium athyrioides M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Aspidium flaccidum E.Fourn.
  • Aspidium indecorum Fourn.
  • Aspidium inquinans (T.Moore) Fée
  • Aspidium mexicanum Kunze
  • Aspidium mexicanum var. acutilobum Kunze
  • Aspidium mexicanum var. obtusilobum Kunze
  • Aspidium roseum E.Fourn.
  • Aspidium sphaerocarpon (Fée) Christ
  • Aspidium sphaerocarpum Christ
  • Athyrium sphaerocarpon Fée
  • Dryopteris athyrioides (M.Martens & Galeotti) Kuntze
  • Dryopteris athyrioides (M.Martens & Galeotti) O.Ktze. C.Chr.
  • Dryopteris fournieri C.Chr.
  • Dryopteris glandulifera C.Chr.
  • Dryopteris indecora (Liebm.) C.Chr.
  • Dryopteris indecora var. obtusa Hieron.
  • Dryopteris mexicana (C.Presl) C.Chr.
  • Dryopteris mexicana (C.Presl) Kuntze
  • Dryopteris patula var. mexicana Bonap.
  • Dryopteris rosea (E.Fourn.) Mickel & Beitel
  • Lastrea agatholepis T.Moore
  • Lastrea athyrioides (M.Martens & Galeotti) Liebm.
  • Lastrea indecora Liebm.
  • Lastrea inquinans T.Moore
  • Lastrea mexicana Liebm.
  • Lophodium glanduliferum Newman
  • Nephrodium agatholepis Kiaersk.
  • Nephrodium fournieri Baker
  • Nephrodium glanduliferum Kiaersk.
  • Nephrodium indecorum Kiaersk.
  • Nephrodium mexicanum C.Presl
  • Nephrodium sphaerocarpon Hook.
  • Nephrodium sphaerocarpon var. glandulosum Hook.
  • Nephrodium sphaerocarpum Hook.
  • Phegopteris glandulifera (Liebm.) Hemsl.
  • Phegopteris glanduligera Fourn.
  • Polypodium glanduliferum Liebm.

and 2 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: 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.