Index / Search / Woodwardia virginica
§1 Plant
Woodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.
vernacular Virginia chainfern — species · Blechnaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Fern
- Family
- Blechnaceae Newman
- Genus
- Woodwardia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 506 counties across 26 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 506 counties across 26 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Butler 01013
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Conecuh 01035
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Cullman 01043
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lee 01081
- Macon 01087
- Marengo 01091
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Appling 13001
- Atkinson 13003
- Bacon 13005
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Berrien 13019
- Brantley 13025
- Brooks 13027
- Bulloch 13031
- Burke 13033
- Camden 13039
- Candler 13043
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clay 13061
- Clinch 13065
- Coffee 13069
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Dade 13083
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Dodge 13091
- Echols 13101
- Effingham 13103
- Franklin 13119
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Hancock 13141
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jenkins 13165
- Johnson 13167
- Lanier 13173
- Laurens 13175
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Lowndes 13185
- Macon 13193
- McIntosh 13191
- Mitchell 13205
- Pierce 13229
- Rockdale 13247
- Screven 13251
- Tattnall 13267
- Telfair 13271
- Terrell 13273
- Thomas 13275
- Toombs 13279
- Treutlen 13283
- Turner 13287
- Upson 13293
- Walker 13295
- Ware 13299
- Washington 13303
- Wayne 13305
- Wilcox 13315
- Wilkinson 13319
- Worth 13321
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Feliciana 22037
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Camden 37029
- Carteret 37031
- Cherokee 37039
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Gates 37073
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hyde 37095
- Lenoir 37107
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Tyrrell 37177
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Ohio view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Berks 42011
- Bucks 42017
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Indiana 42063
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Susquehanna 42115
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Georgetown 45043
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lee 45061
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amelia 51007
- Augusta 51015
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Mathews 51115
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/WOVI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8057727 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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