Rooting Chainfern (Woodwardia radicans)

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  Credit: foto propia | Propia. | License: PD
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  Credit: Franz Bauer | Genera filicum or illustrations of the ferns, and other allied genera from the original coloured drawings of the late Francis Bauer. London, 1842. reproduced at Koch Library | License: PD Old PD-Art (PD-old)
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  Credit: Jose Mesa | originally posted to Flickr as anaga14 | License: CC-BY-SA-2.0
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  Credit: Tigerente | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL
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Woodwardia Radicans, or more commonly know as Rooting Chainfern, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Woodwardia. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Woodwardia Radicans or Rooting Chainfern's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of California and Florida.

• Category: Fern
• Genus: Woodwardia
• Family: Blechnaceae
• Order: Polypodiales
• Class: Filicopsida
• Division: Pteridophyta
• Duration: Perennial
• Growth Habit: Forb/herb
• Native Status: L48 (I)
• National Wetland Indicator Status: OBL
• Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 2(OBL)

Related Plants

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  Netted Chainfern

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  Giant Chainfern

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  Chainfern

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  Rooting Chainfern

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  Virginia Chainfern