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Woodsia alpina

(Bolton) S.F. Gray

Northern Woodsia

G4Apparently Secure (G4G5) Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.136212

Element CodePPDRY0U010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumFilicinophyta

ClassFilicopsida

OrderPolypodiales

FamilyWoodsiaceae

GenusWoodsia

Other Common Names

Alpine Woodsia (EN) Woodsie alpine (FR)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

Scattered circumboreal distribution; see map in Hulten, Flora of Alaska.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-02-05

Change Date2016-02-05

Edition Date1998-03-19

Edition AuthorsMorse, Larry E. (1998)

Rank Reasons

Circumboreal in distribution, but with a highly fragmented range. Includes areas in southeastern and northern Alaska, and eastern Canada, as well as scattered sites elsewhere in North America and Eurasia.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Labrador	S2	Yes
British Columbia	SU	Yes
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes
Yukon Territory	SU	Yes
Ontario	S2	Yes
Nunavut	S4	Yes
Saskatchewan	S1	Yes
Nova Scotia	S1	Yes
New Brunswick	S3	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S1	Yes
Manitoba	S2	Yes
Quebec	S3	Yes

United StatesN4

Province	Rank	Native
Michigan	S1	Yes
Vermont	S1	Yes
Minnesota	S2	Yes
New York	S1	Yes
Alaska	S4	Yes
Maine	S1	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Alaska (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Juneau Urban	Tongass National Forest	101,581

References (3)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 1993a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 2. Pteridophytes and gymnosperms. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xvi + 475 pp.
Hulten, E. 1968. Flora of Alaska and neighboring territories. Stanford Univ. Press, Palo Alto, CA. 1008 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.