Species: Dryopteris expansa
Spreading Woodfern
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Filicinophyta
Class
Filicopsida
Order
Filicales
Family
Dryopteridaceae
Genus
Dryopteris
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Spiny Woodfern - dryoptère dressée - spreading woodfern
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Ferns and relatives
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Filicinophyta - Filicopsida - Filicales - Dryopteridaceae - Dryopteris
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1984-01-19
Global Status Last Changed
1984-01-19
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Rangewide, DRYOPTERIS EXPANSA occurs in 4 main areas: NW North America from Alaska to Alberta and south to N California and Colorado; Minnesota to Greenland and south to S Quebec; Scandinavia to central Europe; and Manchuria, Kamchatka, and Japan (Carlson and Wagner 1982).