OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Monilophytes (ferns): Ophioglossoid Ferns (eusporangiate ferns): Ophioglossales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sceptridium lunarioides   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Botrychium lunarioides   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sceptridium lunarioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Botrychium lunarioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Botrychium lunarioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 006-01-006:

Botrychium lunarioides   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Winter Grapefern


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image of Sceptridium lunarioides, Winter Grapefern

Keith Bradley    kab_sceptlunarioides_k

March    Laurens County    SC

Blade prostrate; broadly triangular; segments small, roundish or fan-shaped, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sceptridium lunarioides   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Botrychium lunarioides   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sceptridium lunarioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Botrychium lunarioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Botrychium lunarioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 006-01-006:
Botrychium lunarioides   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

 

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4002

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Old fields, pastures, young forests, granitic flatrocks, juniper-oak-blue ash woodlands over limestone, cemeteries, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare (historically in NC Piedmont, but not recently seen)

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LEAVES:
Sub-evergreen
Leaf consists of a 2-pinnate to 3-pinnate sterile blade & a fertile panicle

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring

 

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