Named for Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, ( 1745-1820) English botanist.

Desmond, Ray. (1977). Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists. Taylor and Francis, London.

Family changed from Blechnaceae to Aspleniaceae.

Plants of the World online, Kew Science http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17235480-1 Link

In the traditional medicine of the Native American people a decoction of the roots of the related species W. radicans has been used both internally and externally in the treatment of pain from injuries

Moerman. D. Native American Ethnobotany Timber Press. Oregon. 1998 p.501

Asia-Temperate, China

Asia-Temperate, Eastern Asia, Japan