Woodsiaceae
Smooth woodsia
Woodsia glabella
- Family
- Woodsiaceae
- Genus
- Woodsia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 光岩蕨, 光巖蕨
- English
- Smooth woodsia
- Finnish
- Kaljukiviyrtti
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Dverglodnebregne
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Bruce Cook, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jeffery M. Saarela, Paul C. Sokoloff, Roger D. Bull, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marc-Aurèle Vallée, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marc-Aurèle Vallée, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pierre Cartier, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ivansemenkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ellyne Geurts, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Woodsia
- Alpine woodsiaWoodsia alpinaWoodsiaceae
- Rusty woodsiaWoodsia ilvensisWoodsiaceae
- Bluntlobe cliff fernWoodsia obtusaWoodsiaceae
- Rocky Mountain woodsiaWoodsia scopulinaWoodsiaceae
- Oregon cliff fernWoodsia oreganaWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia polystichoidesWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia pulchellaWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia andersoniiWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia fragilisWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia indusiosaWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia lanosaWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia mexicanaWoodsiaceae
Sources: classification 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.