Woodwardia fimbriata

Woodwardia fimbriata

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Blechnaceae
Genus: Woodwardia
Species:
W. fimbriata
Binomial name
Woodwardia fimbriata

Woodwardia fimbriata, known by the common name giant chain fern, is a fern species in the family Blechnaceae, in the eupolypods II clade[1] of the order Polypodiales,[2] in the class Polypodiopsida.[3] 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.[4][5]

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  4. ^ "Woodwardia fimbriata". Flora of North America.
  5. ^ "Woodwardia fimbriata (Giant chain fern)". USDA Plants Profile.