The giant chain fern, also called the western chain fern, is the largest fern native to western North America, growing in the chain fern family Blechnaceae from British Columbia through California's Sierra Nevada into Baja California. Its bipinnately compound, leathery fronds reach one to three meters long, with spore clusters arranged in neat chain-like rows on both sides of each leaflet. It grows in moist coniferous forests, canyons, foothills and streambeds, mostly below 1,000 meters elevation though it has been recorded as high as roughly 2,400 meters.
Facts
Classification
DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Scientific Name Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Giant Chain Fern
In Biome
Source Wikipedia: Woodwardia fimbriata
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikidata: Giant Chain Fern
- Wikidata Q8033593, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikipedia 'Woodwardia fimbriata': giant chain fern...perennial fern species
- Child Taxon Of: Pteridophyta, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source2. Wikipedia: Woodwardia fimbriata
Wikipedia- Wikidata Q8033593 (P225 taxon name)
lead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 330864
It grows in coniferous forests and other moist wooded habitat.
In Biome: Temperate Coniferous Forest, lead paragraph (habitat biome), EntityId 330864, target B278669
It grows in coniferous forests and other moist wooded habitat.
View the Source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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