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Frenchman's Bluff grapefern
Scientific Name: Botrychium gallicomontanum
Family: Ophioglossaceae
Category: Fern
Growth: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Other Names: MN (Frenchman's Bluff moonwort)
Frenchman's Bluff Grapefern
The Botrychium gallicomontanum, commonly known as Frenchman's Bluff grapefern, is a perennial forb/herb.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Botrychium gallicomontanum Farrar & Johnson-Groh
- Common Names: Frenchman's Bluff grapefern, Frenchman's Bluff moonwort
- Genus: Botrychium Sw. (grape-fern, moonwort)
- Family: Ophioglossaceae
- Rank: Species
- Synonyms: Frenchman's Bluff moonwort.
Distribution and Habitat
- This plant is found at Frenchman's Bluff in northwestern Minnesota, approximately 1340 feet in elevation, one of the highest points in the region.
- Also found in Gleason Meadows along the Appalachian Plateau in South Central New York State.
Morphological Characteristics
- Botrychium gallicomontanum is classified as a forb/herb, meaning it is a non-woody plant that is not a grass.
- It is a perennial plant, indicating it lives for more than two years.
Related Species
- Other Botrychium species mentioned include:
- Botrychium acuminatum (Tailed Grapefern)
- Botrychium hesperium
- Botrychium virginianum (Rattlesnake fern, common grapefern)
- Botrychium lunaria (common moonwort, grapefern moonwort)
- Botrychium lunarioides
- Botrychium lineare (skinny moonwort)
- Botrychium lanceolatum angustisegmentum (lanceleaf grapefern)
- Botrychium oneidense (blunt-lobed grapefern)
- Botrychium dissectum (cutleaf grapefern)
- Botrychium robustum (Robust Grape Fern)
- Botrychium pumicola
- Botrychium simplex (Least grapefern)
Further Resources
- Discover Life: Ecology, identification and distribution of Botrychium