Botrychium ascendens |
Botrychium rugulosum |
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trianglelobe moonwort, upswept moonwort |
botryche à limbe rugueux, St. Lawrence grapefern, ternate grapefern |
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Pinnae | to 5 pairs, strongly ascending, well separated, distance between 1st and 2d pinnae not or slightly more than between 2d and 3d pairs, basal pinna pair approximately equal in size and cutting to adjacent pair, obliquely narrowly cuneate, undivided to tip, margins sharply denticulate and often shallowly incised, apex rounded, venation like ribs of fan, midrib absent. |
to 9 pairs, usually approximate, horizontal to ascending, distance between 1st and 2d pinnae not or slightly more than between 2d and 3d pairs, divided to tip. |
Trophophore | stalk 3–10 mm, 1/6 length of trophophore rachis; blade yellow-green, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 1-pinnate, to 6 × 1.5 cm, thin but firm. |
stalk 2 to 15 cm, 1–2.5 times length of trophophore rachis; blade green, finely rugulose and convex distally, 2–4-pinnate, to 15 × 26 cm, somewhat herbaceous. |
Sporophores | 2-pinnate at base of sporangial cluster, 1.3–2 times length of trophophore. |
2-pinnate, 1–2 times length of trophophore. |
Pinnules | obliquely and angularly trowel-shaped to spatulate, margins usually denticulate, apex acute, venation pinnate. |
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2n | =180. |
=90. |
Botrychium ascendens |
Botrychium rugulosum |
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Phenology | Leaves appearing in late spring to midsummer. | Leaves green over winter, appearing in midspring. |
Habitat | In grassy fields, widely scattered | In open fields and secondary forests over wide range in vicinity of St. Lawrence Seaway |
Elevation | 0–2500 m (0–8200 ft) | 200–1000 m (700–3300 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; CA; MT; NV; OR; WY; BC; ON; YT
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MI; MN; NY; VT; WI; ON; QC |
Discussion | Botrychium ascendens is a distinctive little moonwort that grows with B. crenulatum, B. lunaria, and B. minganense. This species and B. pedunculosum are the only grapeferns that often have extra sporangia on the proximal pinnae. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
The name "rugulosum" refers to the tendency of the segments to become more or less wrinkled and convex. Botrychium rugulosum occurs with B. dissectum, B. multifidum, and rarely B. oneidense. It is often found in small stands of only 5–10 individuals, but some populations number over 100. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 2. | FNA vol. 2. |
Parent taxa | Ophioglossaceae > Botrychium > subg. Botrychium | Ophioglossaceae > Botrychium > subg. Sceptridium > sect. Sceptridium |
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Synonyms | B. multifidum | |
Name authority | W. H. Wagner: Amer. Fern J. 76: 36, figs. 1, 2. (1986) | W. H. Wagner: Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 15: 315. (1982) |
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