PLANTS Profile for Botrychium pinnatum (northern moonwort)

Name Search
name search type enter a search name
	State Search
	Advanced Search
	Search Help


	Alternative Crops
	Characteristics
	Classification
	Cover Crops
	Culturally Significant
	Distribution Update
	Documentation
	Fact Sheets & Plant Guides
	Introduced, Invasive, and Noxious Plants
	Links
	Threatened & Endangered
	Wetland Indicator Status



	40,000+ Plant Images
	Submit Your Digital Images



	Complete PLANTS Checklist
	State PLANTS Checklist
	Advanced Search Download
	Symbols for Unknown Plants
	NRCS State GSAT Lists
	NRCS State Plants Lists



	Crop Nutrient Tool
	Ecological Site Information System
	PLANTS Identification Keys
	Plant Materials Web Site
	Plant Materials Publications
	USDA Plant Hardiness Map

Printer-Friendly

PLANTS Profile

Botrychium pinnatum H. St. John
northern moonwort

Symbol:

BOPI

Group:

Fern

Family:

Ophioglossaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

Click on the image below to enlarge it and download a high-resolution JPEG file.

Photo of Botrychium pinnatum H. St. John

©Mary Clay Stensvold. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Plant Image Collection. United States, AK, southcentral region, Hatcher pass. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

More Information:

Images:
Botrychium pinnatum H. St. John

Click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Botrychium thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery

Synonyms:
Botrychium pinnatum H. St. John

	BOBOO3	Botrychium boreale Milde ssp. obtusilobum (Rupr.) R.T. Clausen
	BOBOO2	Botrychium boreale Milde var. obtusilobum (Rupr.) Broun

Distribution:
Botrychium pinnatum H. St. John


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, SK, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Botrychium pinnatum H. St. John

View 5 genera in Ophioglossaceae, 35 species in Botrychium

Classification:
Botrychium pinnatum H. St. John

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


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 pinnatum H. St. John – northern moonwort

More Accounts and Images:
Botrychium pinnatum H. St. John

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 501027.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 04:29 PM CST