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prolific chain fern
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prolific chain fern

Woodwardia prolifera

Woodwardia prolifera (Chinese: 珠芽狗脊) is a species of fern in the family Blechnaceae found in China, Japan and the Himalayas. It was first described by Sir William Jackson Hooker and George Arnott Walker Arnott in 1838.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 460369.