Name: Virginia Chain Fern
Distribution: Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Québec); USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia); Cuba
72 CDN 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Anchistea virginica f. fertilis (Farw.) M.Broun; Index No. Amer. Ferns: 17 (1938)
= Blechnum banisterianum (Michx.) Poir.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] Suppl. 1: 644 (1810)
= Blechnum carolinianum Walter; Fl. Carol. [Walter] 257 (1788)
= Blechnum virginicum L.; Mant. Pl. 2: 307 (1771)
= Doodia virginica (L.) C.Presl; Tent. Pterid. 99 (1836)
= Lorinseria thelypteroides (Pursh) C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Ser. 5, 6 [Epim. Bot.]: 72 (1851)
= Woodwardia banisteriana Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 2: 263 (1803)
= Woodwardia thelypteroides Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 2: 670 (1814)
= Woodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.; Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. (Turin) 5: 412 (1793)
= Woodwardia virginica f. fertilis Farw.; Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 3: 89 (1924)
= Woodwardia virginica f. thelypteroides (Pursh) Gilbert; Working List N. Amer. Pterid. 21, 40 (1901)
