Rocky Mountain Woodsia, Laurentian Cliff Fern
Woodsia scopulina
![Rocky Mountain Woodsia, Laurentian Cliff Fern: Woodsia scopulina](scopulina/laurentiana04-22-2015.jpg)
Laurentian cliff fern (possibly ssp. laurentiana) as seen on rocks along the upper trail to McCord Creek, western Columbia River Gorge.........April 22, 2015.
![Rocky Mountain Woodsia, Laurentian Cliff Fern: Woodsia scopulina](../../../cascade/mtadams/fern/woodsia/scopulina/woodsiascop.jpg)
![Ventral surface of a leaflet of Rocky Mountain Woodsia, Laurentian Cliff Fern: Woodsia scopulina](../../../cascade/mtadams/fern/woodsia/scopulina/woodsiascoplfltv.jpg)
Close-up of the ventral leaflet of Laurentian cliff fern. Note the numerous gland-tipped hairs on the underside of the pinnae.
Paul Slichter