Woodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.
Virginia chain fern
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Anchistea virginica (L.) C. Presl
8/3/2025 · Saco Heath Preserve, Saco, Maine · ≈ 11 × 13″ (27 × 34 cm) 
8/3/2025 · Saco Heath Preserve, Saco, Maine · ≈ 8 × 12″ (20 × 30 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Pteridophyta | Ferns |
| Class | Filicopsida | “Leptosporangiate” (has to do with how their spores form) ferns—includes most ferns |
| Order | Polypodiales | Polypod ferns |
| Family | Blechnaceae | Ground-dwelling or climbing ferns, whose young fronds are often tinged with red |
| Genus | Woodwardia | For English botanist Thomas Jenkinson Woodward (1745–1820) |
| Species | virginica | From or referring to Virginia |
Woodwardia virginica description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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