Woodwardia fimbriata
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta |
| Class: | Pteridopsida |
| Order: | Blechnales |
| Family: | Blechnaceae |
| Genus: | Woodwardia |
| Species: | W. fimbriata |
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| Woodwardia fimbriata Sm. |
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Woodwardia fimbriata, known by the common name giant chain fern, is a species of fern. It is native to western North America from British Columbia through California, including the Sierra Nevada, into Baja California.
It grows in coniferous forests and other moist wooded habitat.[1][2]
[edit] Description
Woodwardia fimbriata has very long fronds, each reaching 1 to 3 meters in length.[3] Its sori are short but broad and are arranged in neat lines, the characteristic that gives the chain ferns their name. The chain shape is visible on both surface and underside of each leaflet.
- Cultivation
Woodwardia fimbriata is cultivated as an ornamental plant for traditional and native plant gardens, and in natural landscaping and habitat restoration projects.
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Categories:
- NatureServe Secure species
- Woodwardia
- Fern species
- Pteridophyta of the Americas
- Ferns of the United States
- Ferns of California
- Flora of the West Coast of the United States
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of British Columbia
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada region (U.S.)
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Garden plants of North America
