Lorinseria areolata(L.) C.Presl

netted chain fern

WFO wfo-1200105092 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Lorinseria areolata, photographed by Nathan T. Jones
fig. a Nathan T. Jones, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-21 / obs. 200538409
Lorinseria areolata, photographed by snail_hiker
fig. b snail_hiker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193221846
Lorinseria areolata, photographed by Morgan Freese
fig. c Morgan Freese, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193342240
Lorinseria areolata, photographed by Brian White
fig. d Brian White, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197874348
Lorinseria areolata, photographed by Laura Mae
fig. e Laura Mae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195107317
Lorinseria areolata, photographed by mefisher
fig. f mefisher, CC0 1.0 / obs. 188354894
Lorinseria areolata, photographed by Joe Hastings
fig. g Joe Hastings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193153333
Lorinseria areolata, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. h Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189188292

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Confused withby our own model

These are not lookalikes we guessed at. Each one is a species our identification model genuinely mistook for this plant, and how many times. The error rate is published.

Also published as 14 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Acrostichum areolatum L.
  • Blechnum angustifolium (Sm.) Poir.
  • Lorinseria areolata Underw.
  • Lorinseria areolata f. obtusilobata (Waters) M.Broun
  • Lorinseria areolata f. onocleoides J.E.Benedict
  • Onoclea nodulosa Michx.
  • Osmunda caroliniana Walter
  • Pteretis nodulosa (Michx.) Nieuwl.
  • Struthiopteris nodulosa (Michx.) Desv.
  • Woodwardia angustifolia Sm.
  • Woodwardia angustifolia f. obtusilobata Waters
  • Woodwardia areolata (L.) T.Moore
  • Woodwardia floridana Schkuhr
  • Woodwardia onocleoides Willd.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.