Monilophytes (ferns): Ophioglossoid Ferns (eusporangiate ferns): Ophioglossales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Botrychium simplex var. simplex
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Botrychium simplex
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Botrychium simplex
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Botrychium simplex
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Botrychium simplex var. simplex
COMMON NAME:
Least Moonwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_bosi_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Botrychium simplex var. simplex
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Botrychium simplex
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Botrychium simplex
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Botrychium simplex
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Botrychium simplex var. simplex
2451
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed gravelly areas in spruce-fir forests, northern hardwoods forests, grassy balds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Leaf consists of a 1-pinnate to nearly simple sterile blade & a fertile panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
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