Taxon: Woodwardia areolata (L.) T. Moore

Common names:

• netted chain fern   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Nova Scotia
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

• also cultivated

References:

• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Lundell, C. L. et al. 1942–1969. Flora of Texas, 3 vol. [= Lorinseria areolata].
• Mickel, J. T. & A. R. Smith. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88:1-1054. [mentions].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Woodwardia areolata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Woodwardia areolata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Woodwardia areolata.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Acrostichum areolatum L. (basionym)
  
• (≡) Lorinseria areolata (L.) C. Presl
  

Check other web resources for Woodwardia areolata (L.) T. Moore:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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