14,434 observationsCritically Endangered
spreading wood fern
Dryopteris expansa
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Plantae ›Phylum: Tracheophyta ›Class: Polypodiopsida ›Order: Polypodiales ›Family: Dryopteridaceae ›Genus: Dryopteris
About
Dryopteris expansa, the alpine buckler fern, northern buckler-fern or spreading wood fern, is a species of fern native to cool temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, south at high altitudes in mountains to Spain and Greece in southern Europe, to Japan in eastern Asia, and to central California in North America. The species was first described from Germany. It prefers cool, moist mixed or evergreen forests and rock crevices on alpine slopes, often growing...
Frequently Asked Questions
- The scientific name of spreading wood fern is Dryopteris expansa.
- spreading wood fern belongs to the kingdom Plantae.
- spreading wood fern belongs to the phylum Tracheophyta.
- spreading wood fern belongs to the class Polypodiopsida.
- spreading wood fern belongs to the order Polypodiales.
- spreading wood fern belongs to the family Dryopteridaceae.
- spreading wood fern belongs to the genus Dryopteris.