| Dryopteris goldieana | |
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| Showing the distinctive short tapering leaf tip | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Dryopteridaceae |
| Genus: | Dryopteris |
| Species: | D. goldieana
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| Binomial name | |
| Dryopteris goldieana (Hook. ex Goldie) A.Gray
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| Range within North America | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Aspidium goldieanum Hook. ex Goldie | |
Dryopteris goldieana, commonly called Goldie's wood fern, or giant wood fern is a fern native to the eastern United States and adjacent areas of Canada, from New Brunswick to Ontario and Georgia.[3] It is the largest native North American species of Dryopteris and along with ostrich fern it is one of the largest ferns in eastern North America. Specimens are known with fronds six feet (1.8 meters) tall. D. goldieana hybridizes with many other species of Dryopteris and the hybrids tend to be larger than the pure species.[3] It was named by William Hooker in honor of its discoverer, John Goldie. The epithet was originally published as goldiana, but this is regarded as a misspelling to be corrected.[4]
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Dryopteris goldiana Goldie's Woodfern". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Tropicos | Name – Dryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) A. Gray". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Dryopteris goldiana". Flora of North America.
- ^ "Dryopteris goldieana". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 8 February 2018.