Definition of Rusty woodsia

1. Noun. A common rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate regions having rusty-brown stipes and lanceolate pinnate fronds.

Exact synonyms: Fragrant Woodsia, Oblong Woodsia, Woodsia Ilvensis
Generic synonyms: Woodsia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rusty Woodsia

rustproofs
rustre
rustred
rustres
rusts
rustumite
rusty
rusty blackbird
rusty grackle
rusty nail
rusty rig
rusty sputum
rusty tinamou
rusty tinamous
rusty woodsia (current term)
ruta-baga
rutabaga
rutabaga plant
rutabagas
rutaceous
rutamycin
rutate
rutates
ruth
ruthenacycle
ruthenacycles
ruthenarsenite
ruthenate

Literary usage of Rusty woodsia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. How to Know the Ferns: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of Our by Frances Theodora Parsons (1899)
"Williamson says that the Common Bladder Fern is easily cultivated either in mounds or on rock- work. 54. THE rusty woodsia Woodsia ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"... the divisions broad, early spreading. 6. W. obtusa. segments. 5. W. oregana. i. Woodsia ilvensis (L.) R. Br. rusty woodsia. Fig. 23. ..."

3. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"W. Ilvensis (L.) R. Br. rusty woodsia. NE, Winch. Cat; Lake Superior, Whitney Cat.; Lower Falls of the Quinnesec, EJ Hill; Norway, C .F. Wheeler. 25. ..."

4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... (L.) R.Br. rusty woodsia Herbaceous perennial Dry, sunny crevices of cliffs, ledges and talus slopes, ..."

5. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Woodsia ilvensis (L.) R.Br. rusty woodsia Herbaceous perennial Dry, sunny crevices of cliffs, ledges and talus slopes, ..."

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