Blechnaceae
Giant chainfern
Woodwardia fimbriata
- Family
- Blechnaceae
- Genus
- Woodwardia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Giant chainfern, Giant chain fern
Synonyms
- Diplazium biserratum C.Presl
- Woodwardia biserrata C.Presl
- Woodwardia chamissoi Brack.
- Woodwardia fimbriata f. ramosa (A.A.Eaton) M.Broun
- Woodwardia paradoxa C.H.Wright
- Woodwardia spinulosa f. ramosa A.A.Eaton
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Shane Johnson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: broennimann olivier, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Darrin Gobble, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Shane Johnson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thompson Hyggen, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Miguel Grageda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.