Woodfern

Common names

Synonyms

• Aspidium boottii Tuck.
• Aspidium spinulosum var. boottii (Tuck.) A.Gray
• Aspidium uliginosum (Newman) Nyman
• Dryopteris boottii f. multiflora (Gilbert) M.Broun
• Dryopteris rigida (Hoffm.) Underw.
• Filix boottii (Tuck.) Farw.
• Filix-mas boottii Farw.
• Filix-mas boottii (Tuck.) Farw.
• Lastrea bootii Nieuwl.
• Lastrea uliginosa Newman
• Lophodium uliginosum Newman
• Lophodium uliginosum (Newman) Newman
• Nephrodium boottii Davenp.
• Nephrodium boottii Baker
• Nephrodium boottii f. multiflorum Gilbert
• Nephrodium cristatum var. uliginosum Baker
• Nephrodium cristatum var. uliginosum (Newman) Baker
• Nephrodium spinulosum var. bootii (Tuck.) Baker
• Nephrodium uliginosum (Newman) Baker
• Nephrodium uliginosum Rouy
• Nephrodium uliginosum (Newman) Rouy
• Polystichum boottii Gand.
• Polystichum uliginosum (Newman) P.Fourn.
• Thelypteris boottii Nieuwl.
• Thelypteris boottii f. multiflora (Gilbert) Dole
• Thelypteris boottii var. multiflora (Gilbert) Mousley

Characteristics

Growth habit

Forb/herb

Lifespan

Perennial

In the US and Canada

Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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• Male fernDryopteris filix-masDryopteridaceae
• Spinulose woodfernDryopteris carthusianaDryopteridaceae
• Broad buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataDryopteridaceae
• Spreading woodfernDryopteris expansaDryopteridaceae
• Crested woodfernDryopteris cristataDryopteridaceae
• Scaly male fernDryopteris affinisDryopteridaceae
• Fragrant woodfernDryopteris fragransDryopteridaceae
• Autumn fernDryopteris erythrosoraDryopteridaceae
• Dryopteris villariiDryopteridaceae
• Dryopteris aemulaDryopteridaceae
• Marginal woodfernDryopteris marginalisDryopteridaceae
• Dryopteris sieboldiiDryopteridaceae