Woodsiaceae
Plummer's cliff fern
Woodsia plummerae
- Family
- Woodsiaceae
- Genus
- Woodsia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Plummer's cliff fern
Synonyms
- Physematium plummerae (Lemmon) Li Bing Zhang, N.T.Lu & X.F.Gao
- Woodsia obtusa var. glandulosa Eaton & Faxon
- Woodsia obtusa var. plummerae Maxon
- Woodsia pusilla var. glandulosa (Eaton & Faxon) T.M.C.Taylor
- Woodsiopsis plummerae (Lemmon) Shmakov
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: czernybug, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: William, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Craig Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: William, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: czernybug, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Woodsia
- Alpine woodsiaWoodsia alpinaWoodsiaceae
- Rusty woodsiaWoodsia ilvensisWoodsiaceae
- Smooth woodsiaWoodsia glabellaWoodsiaceae
- Bluntlobe cliff fernWoodsia obtusaWoodsiaceae
- Rocky Mountain woodsiaWoodsia scopulinaWoodsiaceae
- Oregon cliff fernWoodsia oreganaWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia polystichoidesWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia pulchellaWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia andersoniiWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia fragilisWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia indusiosaWoodsiaceae
- Woodsia lanosaWoodsiaceae
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.