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Little grapefern

Botrychium simplex

Also called Least Moonwort, Dwarf Moonwart, Little Moonwort, Simple Grape Fern, Least Grape Fern

Little grapefern
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0
Family
Ophioglossaceae (Ophiogloss family)
Grows as
Fern, Perennial
Native range
Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Botrychium simplex, the little grapefern, is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae that is native to North America and Greenland. It is a perennial.

Other Botrychium plants

Trianglelobe moonwort · Northern moonwort · Iowa moonwort · Scalloped moonwort · Lanceleaf grapefern · Common moonwort · Matricary grapefern · Mingan moonwort · Mountain moonwort · Onondaga Moonwort · Pale botrychium · Peculiar moonwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Botrychium simplex by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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