PLANTS Profile for Botrychium virginianum (rattlesnake fern)

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Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
rattlesnake fern

Symbol:

BOVI

Group:

Fern

Family:

Ophioglossaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.

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Synonyms:
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.

	BOVIE	Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw. ssp. europaeum (Angstr.) Jáv.
	BOVIE2	Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw. var. europaeum Angstr.

Distribution:
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.


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USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.

View 5 genera in Ophioglossaceae, 35 species in Botrychium

Classification:
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.

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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 virginianum (L.) Sw. – rattlesnake fern

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.

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.

New York:
rattlesnake fern		Exploitably Vulnerable

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU

FAC*

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17173.

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

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

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