Woodsia scopulinaD.C.Eaton

Rocky Mountain woodsiacliff-fernwoodsia

WFO wfo-0001109466 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Woodsia scopulina, photographed by James H. Thomas
fig. a James H. Thomas, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-05 / obs. 203838435
Woodsia scopulina, photographed by Shane Johnson
fig. b Shane Johnson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202466290
Woodsia scopulina, photographed by Shane Johnson
fig. c Shane Johnson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202488414
Woodsia scopulina, photographed by Shane Johnson
fig. d Shane Johnson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202487634
Woodsia scopulina, photographed by Randal
fig. e Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 200961770
Woodsia scopulina, photographed by Braden J. Judson
fig. f Braden J. Judson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202224267
Woodsia scopulina, photographed by Randal
fig. g Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 200718956
Woodsia scopulina, photographed by Shane Johnson
fig. h Shane Johnson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202074509

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Native range 28 botanical countries

Regions where Woodsia scopulina is native: Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Manitoba, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming, Yukon AlaskaAlbertaArizonaArkansasBritish ColumbiaCaliforniaColoradoGeorgiaIdahoKentuckyManitobaMinnesotaMontanaNevadaNorth CarolinaOklahomaOntarioOregonQuébecSaskatchewanSouth DakotaTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWyomingYukon
Native distribution of Woodsia scopulina, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
Arizona ARI
Arkansas ARK
British Columbia BRC
California CAL
Colorado COL
Georgia GEO
Idaho IDA
Kentucky KTY
Manitoba MAN
Minnesota MIN
Montana MNT
Nevada NEV
North Carolina NCA
Oklahoma OKL
Ontario ONT
Oregon ORE
Québec QUE
Saskatchewan SAS
South Dakota SDA
Tennessee TEN
Utah UTA
Virginia VRG
Washington WAS
West Virginia WVA
Wyoming WYO
Yukon YUK

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

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.

  • Physematium scopulinum Trevis.
  • Physematium scopulinum subsp. appalachianum (T.M.C.Taylor) Li Bing Zhang, N.T.Lu & X.F.Gao
  • Physematium scopulinum subsp. laurentianum (Windham) Li Bing Zhang, N.T.Lu & X.F.Gao
  • Physematium scopulinum subsp. scopulinum Trevis.
  • Woodsia appalachiana T.M.C.Taylor
  • Woodsia obtusa f. nana (Lemmon ex Gilbert) Clute
  • Woodsia obtusa var. lyallii Hook.
  • Woodsia obtusa var. nana Lemmon ex Gilbert
  • Woodsia oregana var. appalachiana (T.M.C.Taylor) B.Boivin
  • Woodsia oregana var. lyallii (Hook.) B.Boivin
  • Woodsia scopulina f. nana (Lemmon) M.Broun
  • Woodsiopsis appalachiana (T.M.C.Taylor) Shmakov
  • Woodsiopsis scopulina (D.C.Eaton) Shmakov
  • Woodsiopsis scopulina subsp. laurentiana (Windham) Shmakov

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.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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