Woodsia ilvensis, commonly known as oblong woodsia, is a fern found in North America and northern Eurasia. 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.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Rusty woodsia being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Woodsia subcordata
- Woodsia scopulina
- Woodsia alpina
- Dryopteris fragrans
- Woodsia neomexicana
- Dryopteris alpestris
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Woodsiaceae
- Genus
- Woodsia
- Species
- Woodsia ilvensis
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