Dryopteridaceae
Crested woodfern
Dryopteris cristata
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Dryopteris
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Common names
By language (18)
- arz
- دريوبتريس كريستاتا
- Belarusian
- Шчытоўнік грабеньчаты, Папараць грабеньчатая
- Czech
- Kapraď hřebenitá
- Dutch
- Kamvaren
- English
- Crested woodfern, Crested buckler-fern
- Estonian
- Suga-sõnajalg
- Finnish
- Korpialvejuuri
- French
- Dryoptéris à crêtes
- German
- Kammfarn, Kamm-Wurmfarn, Kammwurmfarn
- Hungarian
- Tarajos pajzsika
- Lithuanian
- Skiauterinis papartis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vasstelg
- Polish
- Nerecznica grzebieniasta, Narecznica grzebieniasta
- Russian
- Щитовник гребенчатый
- Slovenian
- Češljasta glistovnica
- Swedish
- Granbräken
- Ukrainian
- Щитник гребенястий
- Welsh
- Marchredynen gribog
Synonyms
- Acrostichum callipteris Ehrh.
- Aspidium cristatum (L.) Sw.
- Aspidium cristatum A.Gray
- Aspidium cristatum var. crenatum Christ
- Aspidium lancastriense Spreng.
- Dryopteris cristata var. cristata
- Dryopteris cristata var. lancastriensis Tidestr.
- Dryopteris cristata var. mariana Tidestr.
- Filix cristata (L.) Farw.
- Filix cristata (L.) Farw.
- Filix-mas cristata (L.) Farw.
- Filix-mas cristata (L.) Farw.
- Lastrea callipteris Newman
- Lastrea cristata (L.) C.Presl
- Lastrea lancastriensis J.Sm.
- Lastrea lancastriensis (Spreng.) Houlston
- Lastrea lancastriensis (Spreng.) J.Sm.
- Lophodium callipteris Newman
- Nephrodium cristatum (L.) Michx.
- Nephrodium cristatum f. lancastriense Gilbert
- Nephrodium cristatum f. silvaticum Poyser
- Nephrodium lancastriense Desv.
- Polypodium callipteris Ehrh
- Polypodium cristatum L.
- Polystichum callipteris Bernh.
- Polystichum cristatum (L.) Roth
- Tectaria cristata Lag., Garcia & Clem.
- Thelypteris cristata Nieuwl.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- brown (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 07:58, 29 June 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, 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.