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PLANTS

Mountain woodfern

Dryopteris campyloptera

Plants
NativeHerbPerennial
Mountain woodfern, photo 1 of 5
Mountain woodfern, photo 2 of 5
Mountain woodfern, photo 3 of 5

Perennial herbaceous plant. Grows in forests.

There are 375 observations of Mountain woodfern in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Capitale-Nationale and Estrie, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak from June to August and become rare from October to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord154
  2. Capitale-Nationale49
  3. Estrie48
  4. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine42
  5. Bas-Saint-Laurent28
  6. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean19
  7. Laurentides10
  8. Nord-du-Québec8
  9. Chaudière-Appalaches6
  10. Lanaudière3
  11. Montérégie3
  12. Centre-du-Québec2
  13. Laval1
  14. Mauricie1
  15. Montréal1

Habitat

ForestMario Hains

Similar species

Intermediate woodfernDryopteris intermedia
Spinulose woodfernDryopteris carthusiana
hay-scented fernDennstaedtia punctilobula
Spreading woodfernDryopteris expansa
Common ladyfernAthyrium filix-femina
TOXIC
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
WoodfernDryopteris marginalis
Subarctic lady fernAthyrium angustum
New York fernAmauropelta noveboracensis
Rattlesnake fernBotrypus virginianus