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|accepted_name=Woodwardia virginica
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Smith
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|place=5: 412. 1793
|year=1793
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|common_names=Virginia chain fern;Woodwardie de virginie
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Blechnum virginicum
|authority=Linnaeus
|publication_title=Mant. Pl. [
|publication_place=2]: 307. 1771
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anchistea virginica
|authority=(Linnaeus) C. Presl
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|hierarchy=Blechnaceae;Woodwardia;Woodwardia virginica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Blechnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Woodwardia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Woodwardia virginica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>long-creeping, ropelike; scales dark brown, few, triangular. <b>Leaves</b> monomorphic, deciduous, numerous, well separated, 50-100 cm. <b>Petiole</b> dark purple to black proximally, straw-colored distally, base lustrous and swollen, glabrate. <b>Blade</b> greenish, lanceolate, 28-60 cm, bearing mixture of glands and scales upon emergence with glands persisting. <b>Pinnae</b> articulate to rachis, arranged in 12-23 evenly distributed pairs, linear to narrowly lanceolate, deeply pinnatifid; middle pinnae 6-16 × 1-3.5 cm. <b>Veins</b> anastomosing to form a single row of areoles, then free to margin. <b>Sori</b> elongate, linear, superficial, often appearing confluent upon dehiscence of sporangia. <b>Indusia</b> ± membranous, lacking thickened cells, freely spreading, often hidden by dehisced sporangia. <b>2n</b> = 70.</span><!--

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|habitat=Swamps, marshes, bogs, and roadside ditches over noncalcareous substrates
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Bermuda.
|discussion=<p><i>Woodwardia virginica</i> is primarily confined to the coastal plain of eastern North America. It is not likely to be confused with any other species of the genus, but it is sometimes mistaken for <i>Thelypteris palustris</i> (Linnaeus) Schott, <i>T. interrupta</i> (Willdenow) K. Iwatsuki, or <i>Osmunda cinnamomea</i>. It may be distinguished from the first by having netted venation, from the second by having linear sori, and from <i>Osmunda</i> by having blackish petiole bases.</p>
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name=Woodwardia virginica
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Smith
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Anchistea virginica
|basionyms=Blechnum virginicum
|family=Blechnaceae
|habitat=Swamps, marshes, bogs, and roadside ditches over noncalcareous substrates
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Bermuda.
|reference=None
|publication title=
|publication year=1793
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|genus=Woodwardia
|species=Woodwardia virginica
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