Botrychium virginianum |
Botrychium jenmanii |
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botryche de virginie, common grapefern, rattlesnake fern |
Alabama grapefern, Dixie grapefern |
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Pinnae | 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. |
to 5 pairs, well separated, slightly descending to ascending, distance between 1st and 2d pinnae not or slightly more than between 2d and 3d pairs; basal pinnae remotely alternate and long-stalked (basal pinnae in all other botrychiums are opposite to subopposite and short-stalked), divided to tip. |
Trophophore | sessile; blade pale green, 3–4-pinnate, to 25 × 33 cm, thin, herbaceous. |
stalk 2–15 cm, 0.8–1.2 times length of trophophore rachis; blade somewhat dull gray-green, plane, 3-pinnate, to 18 × 26 cm, herbaceous. |
Pinnules | lanceolate and deeply lobed, lobes linear, serrate, apex pointed, venation pinnate, midrib present. |
ovate to fan-shaped, margins uniformly denticulate, apex rounded, venation like ribs of fan with short midrib. |
Sporophores | 2-pinnate, 0.5–1.5(–2) times length of trophophore. |
2-pinnate, 1.2–2.5 times length of trophophore. |
2n | =184. |
=180. |
Botrychium virginianum |
Botrychium jenmanii |
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Phenology | Leaves seasonal, appearing in early spring and dying in late summer. | Leaves green over winter, arising at variable times during last half of summer, meiosis as late as September. |
Habitat | Common to abundant, especially in shaded forests and shrubby second growth, rare or absent in arid regions | Woods and grassy places |
Elevation | 0–1500 m (0–4900 ft) | 50–500 m (200–1600 ft) |
Distribution |
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 |
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TN; VA; West Indies in Greater Antilles |
Discussion | Botrychium virginianum is the most widespread Botrychium in North America. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Botrychium jenmanii occurs in a variety of habitats. In hardwoods and especially pine woods, it is associated with B. biternatum; in open grassy places and lawns it is found with B. lunarioides. In many ways, B. jenmanii is intermediate between B. biternatum and B. lunarioides, and it is possibly their allopolyploid derivative (W. H. Wagner Jr. 1968). It is the only tetraploid among New World members of subg. Sceptidrium. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 2. | FNA vol. 2. |
Parent taxa | Ophioglossaceae > Botrychium > subg. Osmundopteris | Ophioglossaceae > Botrychium > subg. Sceptridium > sect. Sceptridium |
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Synonyms | Osmunda virginiana | B. alabamense |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Swartz: J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 111. (1801) | L. Underwood: Fern Bull. 8: 59. (1900) |
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