Woodsiaceae
Alpine woodsia
Woodsia alpina
- Family
- Woodsiaceae
- Genus
- Woodsia
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- سرخس الجرف الألبي
- arz
- سرخس الجرف الالبى
- Azerbaijani
- Alp vudsiyası
- Chinese
- 西疆岩蕨, 西疆巖蕨, 高山岩蕨
- Czech
- Kapradinka alpínská
- English
- Alpine woodsia
- Finnish
- Tunturikiviyrtti
- German
- Alpen-Wimperfarn
- Hungarian
- Havasi szirtipáfrány
- Icelandic
- Fjallaliðfætla
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fjell-lodnebregne
- Polish
- Rozrzutka alpejska
- Russian
- Вудсия альпийская
- Slovenian
- Alpska vudsovka
- Ukrainian
- Вудсія альпійська
- Welsh
- Rhedynen-woodsia Alpaidd
Synonyms
- Acrostichum alpinum Bolton
- Acrostichum hyperboreum Lilj.
- Ceterach alpina DC.; Lam. & DC.
- Ceterach alpinum (Bolton) DC.
- Ceterach hyperboreum (Lilj.) Clairv.
- Polypodium alpinum (Bolton) With.
- Polypodium arvonicum Wither.
- Polypodium hyperboreum (Lilj.) Sw.
- Trichocyclus hyperboreus (Lilj.) Dulac
- Woodsia alpina subsp. bellii (G.Lawson) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Woodsia alpina var. alpina
- Woodsia alpina var. bellii (G.Lawson) G.Lawson
- Woodsia belli (Lawson) Porsild
- Woodsia glabella var. bellii G.Lawson
- Woodsia himalaica Ching & S.K.Wu
- Woodsia hyperborea R.Br.
- Woodsia hyperborea var. alpina (Bolton) Jess.
- Woodsia hyperborea var. arvonica (With.) Milde
- Woodsia ilvensis subsp. alpina (Bolton) Asch.
- Woodsia ilvensis subsp. arvonica (With.) Milde
- Woodsia ilvensis subsp. hyperborea (Lilj.) Hartm.
- Woodsia ilvensis var. alpina (Bolton) Watt.
- Woodsia ilvensis var. alpina (Bolton) Bab.
- Woodsia intermedia Rupr.
- Woodsia pubescens Opiz
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marc-Aurèle Vallée, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marc-Aurèle Vallée, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kent P. McFarland, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Алексей Ябс, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Oregon cliff fernWoodsia oreganaWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia polystichoidesWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia pulchellaWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia andersoniiWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia fragilisWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia indusiosaWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia lanosaWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia mexicanaWoodsiaceae
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.