Characteristics
Woodsia oregana D.C. Eaton ssp. cathcartiana (B.L. Rob.) Windham
Cathcart’s woodsia, Cathcart’s cliff fern
Considered extirpated from the one known locale in New York. This locale disjunct from the rest of the range of the species. The populations formerly occurred on calcareous "West River Shale" near a limestone layer on bluffs and cliffs above Canandaigua Lake, one of the deep long Finger Lakes (Eaton 1991).
Fern
Perennial
Vascular
10
The only known population in New York was extirpated in the 1990s.
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Native
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G5T5 (Global Rank)
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Classification
Ferns
Polypodiales
Woodsia oregana D.C. Eaton ssp. cathcartiana (B.L. Rob.) Windham - Cathcart’s woodsia, Cathcart’s cliff fern
Citation
Woodsia oregana D.C. Eaton ssp. cathcartiana (B.L. Rob.) Windham
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Species Distribution Map
This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display its name.