Woodsia neomexicana
| New Mexican cliff fern | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
| Family: | Woodsiaceae |
| Genus: | Woodsia |
| Species: | W. neomexicana
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| Binomial name | |
| Woodsia neomexicana Windham
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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]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Flora of North America vol 2
- ^ Mickel, J. T. & A. R. Smith. 2004. The Pteridophytes of Mexico. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 88: 1–1054.
- ^ BONAP, Biota of North America Project, Floristic Synthesis map
- ^ Windham, Michael D. 1993. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 19: 52, f. 6.
- ^ photo of isotype of Woodsia neomexicana at Missouri Botanical Garden
Categories:
- Woodsia
- Ferns of Mexico
- Ferns of the United States
- Flora of the South-Central United States
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of Colorado
- Flora of Oklahoma
- Flora of South Dakota