Woodsia glabella
Smooth Cliff Fern, Smooth Cliffbrake
Other regional names: Smooth Woodsia
- Smooth Woodsia
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Aspleniaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial or lithophyte.
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Naturally occurring in Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Europe, and North America, Woodsia glabella (commonly known as Smooth Cliff Fern or Smooth Cliffbrake) is a lithophytic fern belonging to the Aspleniaceae family. Within its native range, this species is most commonly linked to temperate conditions. There are naturally occurring subspecies of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Fern
Plant Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Plant Type
Air Plant
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caucasus, China, Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Indian Subcontinent, Mongolia, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Northern Europe, Russian Far East, Siberia, Southeastern Europe, Subarctic America, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, British Columbia, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, East European Russia, Finland, Greenland, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mongolia, Nepal, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Svalbard, Sweden, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Vermont, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yukon
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