Woodsia neomexicana

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New Mexican cliff fern
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Woodsiaceae
Genus: Woodsia
Species:
W. neomexicana
Binomial name
Woodsia neomexicana
Windham

Woodsia neomexicana, the New Mexican cliff fern, is a fern species native to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Distribution[]

The core of its range is in Coahuila, Nuevo León, Zacatecas, New Mexico, southeastern Utah, Arizona, western Texas and southern Colorado, with isolated populations reported from Oklahoma and South Dakota. The plant usually grows in cracks in the sides of cliffs, on top of rocks, etc.[1][2][3]

Description[]

Woodsia neomexicana has stems that are largely obscured by the persistent bases of scales and dead leaf bases. Leaves are up to 30 cm long, pinnate with pinnatifid pinnules (leaflets) with scattered hairs.[1]

The indusia have narrow, thread-like segments. Spores average about 50 μm in diameter.[1][4][5]

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