Botrychium crenulatum |
Botrychium rugulosum |
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crenulate moonwort, dainty moonwort, scalloped moonwort |
botryche à limbe rugueux, St. Lawrence grapefern, ternate grapefern |
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Pinnae | to 5 pairs, spreading, 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, broadly fan-shaped, undivided to tip, margins mainly crenulate to dentate, proximal pinnae with 1 or more shallow incisions, apex rounded, apical lobe linear to linear-cuneate, well separated from adjacent lobes, 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 0.5–7 mm; blade yellow-green, oblong, 1-pinnate, to 6 × 2 cm, thin, herbaceous. |
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 | 1–2-pinnate, 1.3–3 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 | =90. |
=90. |
Botrychium crenulatum |
Botrychium rugulosum |
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Phenology | Leaves appearing in mid to late spring, dying in late summer; in extremely dry years of shorter duration or not appearing at all. | Leaves green over winter, appearing in midspring. |
Habitat | Local in marshy and springy areas | In open fields and secondary forests over wide range in vicinity of St. Lawrence Seaway |
Elevation | 1200–2500 m (3900–8200 ft) | 200–1000 m (700–3300 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY
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MI; MN; NY; VT; WI; ON; QC |
Discussion | Botrychium crenulatum is commonly associated with B. simplex in California. In the Wallowa Mountains of Oregon it occurs with B. ascendens, B. lunaria, and B. minganense. (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. 71: 21. (1981) | W. H. Wagner: Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 15: 315. (1982) |
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