Physematium obtusum, the bluntlobe cliff fern, is a common rock fern of Appalachia and eastern North America. It prefers a calcareous substrate, but also grows in neutral soils. It typically grows on cliffs, balds, ledges, ridges, talus and rocky slopes.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Blunt 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
- Cystopteris tennesseensis
- Cystopteris tenuis
- Woodsia plummerae
- Woodsia neomexicana
- Cystopteris laurentiana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Woodsiaceae
- Genus
- Woodsia
- Species
- Woodsia obtusa
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