Dryopteridaceae
Spreading woodfern
Dryopteris expansa
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Dryopteris
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Common names
By language (15)
- Asturian
- Farfalecha
- Chinese
- 广布鳞毛蕨, 闊葉鱗毛蕨, 大鳞毛蕨
- Czech
- Kapraď podobná
- Dutch
- Tere stekelvaren
- English
- Spreading woodfern, Alpine buckler fern, Northern buckler-fern, Spreading wood fern
- Estonian
- Laiuv sõnajalg
- Finnish
- Isoalvejuuri
- German
- Feingliedriger Wurmfarn
- Hungarian
- Hegyi pajzsika
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sauetelg, Bruntelg
- Polish
- Nerecznica górska
- Russian
- Щитовник распростёртый
- shn
- ၽၵ်းၵုတ်ႇတၢၵ်ႇႁၢႆ
- Slovenian
- Slična glistovnica
- Swedish
- Nordbräken
Synonyms
- Dryopteris assimilis S.Walker
- Dryopteris austriaca subsp. assimilis (Walker) O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Dryopteris carthusiana subsp. assimilis (Walker) O.Bolòs, Vigo, Masalles & Ninot
- Dryopteris expansa subsp. assimilis (S.Walker) Tzvelev
- Dryopteris extremiorientalis V.N.Vassil.
- Dryopteris manshurica Ching
- Dryopteris minimisora Nakai
- Dryopteris morrisonensis Hayata
- Dryopteris siranensis Nakai
- Dryopteris spinulosa subsp. assimilis (S.Walker) Schidlay
- Dryopteris spinulosa var. morrisonensis Hayata
- Lastrea expansa C.Presl
- Nephrodium expansum C.Presl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KP Laer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hess Daniel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ALAIN BIEVELEZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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- Autumn fernDryopteris erythrosoraDryopteridaceae
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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.