Dryopteridaceae

Woodfern

Dryopteris × triploidea Wherry

Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Dryopteris

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Woodfern (Dryopteris × triploidea) — Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Woodfern

Synonyms

Dryopteris austriaca var. fructuosa (Gilbert) C.V.Morton
Dryopteris intermedia f. fructuosa (Gilbert) Clute
Dryopteris intermedia var. fructuosa (Gilbert) Wherry
Dryopteris spinulosa var. fructuosa Trudell
Lastrea dilatata var. glandulosa T.Moore
Nephrodium spinulosum f. fructuosum (Gilbert) Clute
Nephrodium spinulosum var. fructuosum Gilbert
Thelypteris spinulosa var. fructuosa Fernald

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Chris Hoess, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: cdn_explore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: naturalist charlie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Chris Hoess, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ryan Schmidt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.