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Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc.
little grapefern

       
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Line Drawing of Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 3. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc.

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Synonyms:
Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc.

  BOSIS2 Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc. ssp. simplex
  BOSIT2 Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc. ssp. typicum R.T. Clausen
  BOSIC Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc. var. compositum (Lasch) Milde
  BOSIL Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc. var. laxifolium (R.T. Clausen) Fernald
  BOSIT Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc. var. tenebrosum (A.A. Eaton) R.T. Clausen
  BOTE10 Botrychium tenebrosum A.A. Eaton
 

Distribution:
Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc.

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USA (AK, CA, CO, CT, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK), DEN (GL)
 

Related Taxa:
Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc.

View 5 genera in Ophioglossaceae, 35 species in Botrychium
 

Classification:
Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class Filicopsida
Order Ophioglossales
Family Ophioglossaceae – Adder's-tongue family
Genus Botrychium Sw. – grapefern
Species Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc. – little grapefern
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
little grape fern              Special Concern
Illinois:
grape fern              Endangered
Indiana:
least grape-fern              Endangered
Iowa:
little grapefern              Threatened
Maryland:
small grape-fern              Endangered, Extirpated
New York:
least moonwort              Exploitably Vulnerable
Ohio:
least grape-fern              Endangered
Rhode Island:
dwarf grape-fern              Special Concern
Washington:
little grape-fern              Sensitive
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU,FAC FACU NO FAC FAC FAC NO FAC FACU FAC* FACU NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17190.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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