Dryopteridaceae
Fragrant woodfern
Dryopteris fragrans
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Dryopteris
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 香鱗毛蕨, 香鳞毛蕨
- English
- Fragrant woodfern
- Finnish
- Tuoksualvejuuri
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Dufttelg
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Dufttelg
- os
- Адджинаг
- Russian
- Щитовник пахучий, Зверобой каменный
- sah
- Бөрө сиир ото
Synonyms
- Aspidium fragrans (L.) Sw.
- Dryopteris aquilonaris Maxon
- Dryopteris fragrans f. aquilonaris (Maxon) M.Broun
- Dryopteris fragrans var. fragrans
- Dryopteris fragrans var. hookeriana A.Prince ex Weath.
- Dryopteris fragrans var. remotiuscula (Kom.) Kom.
- Filix aquilonaris Farw.
- Filix fragrans (L.) Farw.
- Filix-mas fragrans (L.) Farw.
- Filix-mas fragrans var. hookeriana Farw.
- Lastrea fragrans (L.) C.Presl
- Nephrodium fragrans (L.) Desv.
- Nephrodium fragrans (L.) Richards.
- Nephrodium fragrans f. aquilonare (Maxon) Clute
- Nephrodium fragrans var. aquilonare Gilbert
- Nephrodium fragrans var. aquilonare (Maxon) Gilbert
- Nephrodium fragrans var. remotiusculum Kom.
- Polypodium fragrans L.
- Polystichum fragrans (L.) Ledeb.
- Polystichum fragrans (L.) Roth
- Thelypteris fragrans Nieuwl.
- Thelypteris fragrans var. hookeriana Fernald
- Woodsia xanthosporangia Ching
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, 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.