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Approximately 160 species of phanerogams, three club-mosses Lycopodium annotinum, Diphasiastrum alpinum and Huperzia selago, two horsetails Equisetum arvense and E. variegatum, and four ferns Cystopteris fragilis, Dryopteris fragrans, Woodsia ilvensis and Woodsia glabella occur in the nominated area.
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I never saw a Woodsia here; but I think that every other English family is represented, and that we have many more besides.
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The rusty Woodsia is decidedly a rock-loving fern, and often grows on high cliffs exposed to the sun; its rootstock and fronds are covered with silver-white, hair-like scales, especially underneath.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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Adirondacks, who supposed it to be _Woodsia_ _glabélla_.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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This is our most common species of Woodsia and it has a wider range than the others, extending from Maine and Nova Scotia to Georgia and westward.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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Like the obtuse Woodsia this fern has no joint near the base of the stipe, but is much smaller and has several points of difference.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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In outline the fragile bladder fern suggests the blunt-lobed Woodsia, but in the latter the pinnæ and pinnules are usually broader and blunter, and its indusium splits into jagged lobes.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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Thought by some botanists to be a smooth form of _Woodsia ilvensis_.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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_ (Woodsia), _ and a saussurea ascend very near the summit.
The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Francis Edward Younghusband 1902
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Woodsia hyperborea growing in great luxuriance on the rocks between the path and the river.
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