Dryopteridaceae
Woodfern
Dryopteris × uliginosa
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Dryopteris
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Dryopteris × uliginosaDryopteridaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- Dutch
- Kamvaren × Smalle stekelvaren
- English
- Woodfern
Synonyms
- Aspidium cristatum subsp. uliginosum (A.Braun ex Döll) Nyman
- Aspidium spinulosum var. tauschii Čelak.
- Aspidium spinulosum var. uliginosum A.Braun ex Doll
- Dryopteris laschii E.Walter
- Dryopteris tauschii (Čelak.) Domin
- Lastrea cristata subsp. uliginosa (A.Braun ex Döll) Hayw.
- Lastrea spinulosa var. uliginosa (A.Braun ex Döll) H.C.Watson & Dennes
- Lastrea uliginosa (A.Braun ex Döll) Syme & N.E.Br.
- Lophodium uliginosum (A.Braun ex Döll) Newman
- Nephrodium cristatum var. uliginosum (A.Braun ex Döll) Hook. & Baker
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
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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.