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Botrychium lanceolatum (lanceleaf grapefern; lance-leaf moonwort)

Synonyms: Botrychium lanceolatum typicum; Botrychium lunaria var. lanceolatum (homotypic); Botrychium rutaceum

Infraspecies

Botrychium lanceolatum angustisegmentum (Narrow Triangle Moonwort)
Botrychium lanceolatum lanceolatum (daisy-leaf moonwort) (Attributes)

Attributes

Drought Tolerance [1]  None
Fire Tolerance [1]  High
Frost Free Days [1]  90 days
Growth Form [1]  Rhizomatous
Growth Period [1]  Spring
Growth Rate [1]  Moderate
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Propagation [1]  Bare Root, Sprig
Regrowth Rate [1]  Slow
Root Depth [1]  10 inches (25 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [1]  None
Shape/Orientation [1]  Erect
Structure [2]  Fern
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  Slow
Height [1]  12 inches (0.3 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Mostly Shady
Soil Acidity [1]  Mostly Acid
Soil Fertility [1]  Intermediate
Water Use [1]  Moderate
Foliage Color [1]  Green
Screening - Summer [1]  Porous
Screening - Winter [1]  Porous

Protected Areas

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0