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Botrychium minganense (Mingan moonwort; Mingan Island grapefern)

Synonyms: Botrychium lunaria f. minganense (homotypic); Botrychium lunaria minganense (homotypic); Botrychium lunaria var. minganense (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Botrychium minganense is a species of fern known by the common name Mingan moonwort. It is native to North America from Alaska and northern Canada to Arizona, where it is uncommon throughout most of its range, appearing at scattered spots in coniferous forests and marshy areas such as swamps. This is very small plant growing from an underground caudex and sending one thin leaf above the surface of the ground. The leaf is up to 10 centimeters tall and is divided into a sterile and a fertile part. The sterile part of the leaf has fan-shaped or spoon-shaped leaflets. The fertile part of the leaf is very different in shape, with grapelike clusters of sporangia by which it reproduces.
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Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Herb

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1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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