Plants Profile for Botrychium multifidum (leathery grapefern)

General Information
Symbol:	BOMU
Group:	Fern
Family:	Ophioglossaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK N CAN N GL N L48 N SPM N
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Susan McDougall. Trees Live Here. United States, WA, Mount Adams, Muddy Meadows, 1400 m. July 26, 2005. Usage Requirements.

©Mary Clay Stensvold. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, AK, S.E. region, Yakutat area, Cannon beach. Usage Requirements.

©Lindsey Koepke. United States, WA, Lewis Co., Mount Rainier National Park, Ohanapecosh. July 14, 2005. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, Plumas Co., Frazier Falls Trail. October 7, 2006. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 5. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 6. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
BOCA6	Botrychium californicum Underw.
BOCO3	Botrychium coulteri Underw.
BOMA6	Botrychium matricariae (Schrank) Spreng.
BOMUC6	Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Trevis. ssp. californicum (Underw.) R.T. Clausen
BOMUC5	Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Trevis. ssp. coulteri (Underw.) R.T. Clausen
BOMUS	Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Trevis. ssp. silaifolium (C. Presl) R.T. Clausen
BOMUC4	Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Trevis. var. californicum (Underw.) Broun
BOMUC3	Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Trevis. var. coulteri (Underw.) Broun
BOMUI	Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Trevis. var. intermedium (D.C. Eaton) Farw.
BOMUS2	Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Trevis. var. silaifolium (C. Presl) Broun
BOSI3	Botrychium silaifolium C. Presl
BOSIC2	Botrychium silaifolium C. Presl var. coulteri (Underw.) Jeps.
SCMU11	Sceptridium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) M. Nishida ex Tagawa
SCSI7	Sceptridium silaifolium (C. Presl) Lyon

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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 multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Trevis. – leathery grapefern

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
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.
Illinois northern grape fern Endangered
Indiana Botrychium multifidum var. intermedium leathery grape-fern Extirpated
Iowa leathery grapefern Threatened
Maryland leathery grape-fern Endangered, Extirpated
New Jersey leathery grape fern Endangered
New York leathery grape fern Exploitably Vulnerable
Ohio leathery grape-fern Threatened

Wetland Status

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Synonyms

SCMU11 Sceptridium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) M. Nishida ex Tagawa

North America
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU
Arid West	FAC
Great Plains	FAC
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FAC
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU
Midwest	FACU
Alaska	FAC
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FAC