Woodsia obtusa (Sprengel) Torrey ssp. obtusa . Common name: Common Woodsia, Blunt-lobed Cliff Fern. Phenology: May-Oct. Habitat: Rock outcrops of various sorts, moist talus, terrestrial near rock outcrops. Distribution: ME, QC, MN, and e. NE, south to Panhandle FL and e. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, ETx1, FNA2, K4, Mo1, NE, NS, NY, POWO, TxFerns, Va; Polypodium obtusum Spreng. = Physematium obtusum (Spreng.) Hook. ssp. obtusum — Lu et al (2020); = Woodsiopsis obtusa (Spreng.) Shmakov ssp. obtusa — Shmakov (2015); < Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr. — C, F, Fl1, G, GrPl, Il, Pa, RAB, S13, Sf, Tat, Tn, Tx, W, WH3, WV. Basionym: Polypodium obtusum Spreng. 1804
Links to other floras: = Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa - FNA2
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Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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