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Spinulose woodfern

Dryopteris carthusiana

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

Perennial herbaceous plant. Grows in conifers and in forests.

There are 737 observations of Spinulose woodfern in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Estrie and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in every region. They peak from June to August and become rare from December to March.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie106
  2. Estrie68
  3. Capitale-Nationale66
  4. Abitibi-Témiscamingue57
  5. Bas-Saint-Laurent55
  6. Côte-Nord53
  7. Nord-du-Québec44
  8. Chaudière-Appalaches44
  9. Laurentides42
  10. Outaouais41
  11. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean40
  12. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine32
  13. Montréal27
  14. Lanaudière23
  15. Mauricie21
  16. Centre-du-Québec14
  17. Laval4

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
ConifersCephas
MarshAlexander Rumpel
ShorelineGilles Douaire

Similar species

Intermediate woodfernDryopteris intermedia
Spreading woodfernDryopteris expansa
Common ladyfernAthyrium filix-femina
TOXIC
Male fernDryopteris filix-mas
Subarctic lady fernAthyrium angustum
WoodfernDryopteris marginalis
TOXIC
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Western oakfernGymnocarpium dryopteris
Crested woodfernDryopteris cristata
Brittle bladder fernCystopteris fragilis
Mountain woodfernDryopteris campyloptera
hay-scented fernDennstaedtia punctilobula