Woodsia glabella R. Br. ex Richardson
smooth cliff fern (smooth woodsia)
Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
smooth cliff fern (smooth woodsia)
Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Deciduous perennial with overwintering leaves arising in clusters from a short rhizome.
Leaves:
Narrowly lanceolate, 4-10 cm long, 0.5-1 cm wide, with jointed stipe and 1-pinnate blade with scattered brown and whitish hairs, but lacking chaffy scales; segments deeply cut.
Notes:
Plants of W. glabella resemble Asplenium viride.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Woodsia glabella
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
803 | 430 | 1177 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
50 | 48 | 53 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
102 | 22 | 182 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 1 | 4 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
B | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
2 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ICH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
CWH(1), ICH(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Moist rocky crevices in the montane and subalpine zones; infrequent in E BC; circumpolar, N to AK, YT and NT, E to NF and S to NH, NY, MI and MN; Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Woodsia alpina var. bellii G. Lawson
Woodsia glabella var. bellii (G. Lawson) G. Lawson