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blunt-lobe grape-fern, blunt-lobed grapefern, botryche d'oneida, botryche du lac onéida

botryche de virginie, common grapefern, rattlesnake fern

Pinnae

to 5 pairs, usually remote, horizontal to ascending, distance between 1st and 2d pinnae not or slightly more than between 2d and 3d pairs, undivided except in proximal 2/3–3/4.

to 12 pairs, usually approximate to overlapping, slightly ascending, distance between 1st and 2d pinnae not or slightly more than between 2d and 3d pairs, lanceolate, divided to tip.

Trophophore

stalk 2–15 cm, 1.5–2.5 times length of blade rachis;

blade dull bluish green, ± plane, 2–3-pinnate, to 15 × 20 cm, ± leathery.

sessile;

blade pale green, 3–4-pinnate, to 25 × 33 cm, thin, herbaceous.

Pinnules

obliquely ovate, margins finely crenulate to denticulate, apex rounded to acute, venation pinnate.

lanceolate and deeply lobed, lobes linear, serrate, apex pointed, venation pinnate, midrib present.

Sporophores

2–3-pinnate, 1.5–2.5 times length of trophophore.

2-pinnate, 0.5–1.5(–2) times length of trophophore.

2n

=90.

=184.

Botrychium oneidense

Botrychium virginianum

Phenology Leaves green over winter, sporophores seasonal, new leaves appearing in spring. Leaves seasonal, appearing in early spring and dying in late summer.
Habitat In moist, shady, acidic woods and swamps Common to abundant, especially in shaded forests and shrubby second growth, rare or absent in arid regions
Elevation 0–1200 m (0–3900 ft) 0–1500 m (0–4900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CT; DC; DE; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; VA; VT; WI; WV; NB; ON; QC
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AK; AL; AR; AZ; CO; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; Mexico; Central America; South America in Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru; Eurasia
Discussion

Botrychium oneidense commonly occurs with B. dissectum and B. multifidum. Young individuals of both may resemble B. oneidense (W.H. Wagner Jr. 1961b).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Botrychium virginianum is the most widespread Botrychium in North America.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 2. FNA vol. 2.
Parent taxa Ophioglossaceae > Botrychium > subg. Sceptridium > sect. Sceptridium Ophioglossaceae > Botrychium > subg. Osmundopteris
Sibling taxa
B. acuminatum, B. ascendens, B. biternatum, B. boreale, B. campestre, B. crenulatum, B. dissectum, B. echo, B. gallicomontanum, B. hesperium, B. jenmanii, B. lanceolatum, B. lunaria, B. lunarioides, B. matricariifolium, B. minganense, B. montanum, B. mormo, B. multifidum, B. pallidum, B. paradoxum, B. pedunculosum, B. pinnatum, B. pseudopinnatum, B. pumicola, B. rugulosum, B. simplex, B. spathulatum, B. virginianum
B. acuminatum, B. ascendens, B. biternatum, B. boreale, B. campestre, B. crenulatum, B. dissectum, B. echo, B. gallicomontanum, B. hesperium, B. jenmanii, B. lanceolatum, B. lunaria, B. lunarioides, B. matricariifolium, B. minganense, B. montanum, B. mormo, B. multifidum, B. oneidense, B. pallidum, B. paradoxum, B. pedunculosum, B. pinnatum, B. pseudopinnatum, B. pumicola, B. rugulosum, B. simplex, B. spathulatum
Synonyms B. ternatum var. oneidense, B. dissectum var. oneidense, B. multifidum var. oneidense Osmunda virginiana
Name authority (Gilbert) House: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 7: 126. (1905) (Linnaeus) Swartz: J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 111. (1801)
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