woodsia

However, the first two are very similar to Woodsia and may be merged into it at some point.

There are about 30 species of the genus Woodsia, including:

A genus of fern, Woodsia, is named in his honour.

The Woodsia are commonly known as cliff ferns.

The related Alpine Woodsia suffered a similar fate, although the risks were not all to the plants.

This is for the plant genus, for the genus of fish go to Woodsia (fish).

It contains the three genera Cheilanthopsis, Hymenocystis, and Woodsia.

Alpine Woodsia originates as a hybrid of W. ilvensis and W. glabella.

Oblong Woodsia came under severe threat in Scotland, especially in the Moffat Hills.

Also found in West Virginia and North Carolina, it is the most common Woodsia species in the US.

The latter (commonly known as Smooth Woodsia) does not occur in Britain although the two species are often found together in North America.

The genus Woodsia was established in 1810 by Robert Brown, who named it named after the English botanist Joseph Woods.

Flora include the rare mountain fir moss and northern woodsia fern; fauna include peregrine falcons, Bald Eagles, and shorebirds.

Scotland's populations of Alpine Woodsia and Oblong Woodsia are on the edge of their natural ranges.

Woodsia ilvensis, commonly known as Oblong Woodsia, is a fern found in North America and northern Eurasia.

Woodsia scopulina (Rocky Mountain Woodsia) is a perennial plant in the Wood fern family (Dryopteridaceae).

Also known as Rusty Woodsia or Rusty Cliff Fern, it is typically found on sunny, exposed cliffs and rocky slopes and on thin, dry, acidic soils.

Also known as Northern Woodsia or Alpine Cliff Fern, it is typically found in crevices, scree slopes and cliffs containing slate and calcareous rocks, especially limestone.

Alpine Woodsia and W. ilvensis both came under severe threat from Victorian fern collectors in the mid 19th century in Scotland, especially in the Moffat Hills.

Growing amongst the rocks of the volcanic mountains are rare species such as Cheddar Pink, Sweet William Catchfly, Oblong Woodsia and Fir Clubmoss.

The summit is treeless, supporting Three-toothed Cinquefoil and Rocky Mountain woodsia, among other plants; other wildflowers, such as bog bluegrass and large-leaved grass-of-Parnassus, may be seen elsewhere on the mountain.

The Poverty Flats Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) is home to several rare species of plants, including Bellinger's Meadowfoam, Howell's Yampah, and Rocky Mountain Woodsia.

Fern collections include Adiantum pedatum, Asplenium scolopendrium, Athyrium filix-femina, Blechnum spicant, Dryopteris affinis, Gymnocarpium robertianum, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Phegopteris connectilis, Phyllitis scolopendrium, and Woodsia obtusa.

The south-facing cliffs over Big Rideau Lake, including Foley Mountain, have a slightly warmer climate, and therefore support an unusual southern flora including shagbark hickory, tall cinquefoil (Potentilla arguta) and a rare fern, blunt-lobed woodsia [1].

John Sadler, later a curator of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, nearly lost his life obtaining a fern tuft on a cliff near Moffat and a botanical guide called William Williams died collecting Alpine Woodsia in Wales in 1861.