Dryopteridaceae
Alpine woodfern
Dryopteris wallichiana
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Dryopteris
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 大羽鳞毛蕨, 瓦氏鱗毛蕨, 瓦氏鳞毛蕨
- English
- Alpine woodfern
- Japanese
- オオヤグルマシダ, マキヒレシダ
- Polish
- Narecznica Wallicha
- Quechua
- Rapachu, Purum raki-raki
Synonyms
- Aspidium filix-mas f. paleaceum (T.Moore) Asch. & P.Graebn.
- Aspidium filix-mas var. paleaceum Mett.
- Dryopteris cyrtolepis var. typica H.Itô
- Dryopteris filix-mas subsp. paleacea (T.Moore) W.Koch ex Braun-Blanq.
- Dryopteris wallichiana var. wallichiana
- Lastrea filix-mas var. paleacea T.Moore
- Lastrea filix-mas var. parallelogramma (Kunze) Bedd.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AfroBrazilian : Aleksandrs Balodis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, 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.