Plants Profile for Botrychium simplex (little grapefern)

General Information
Symbol:	BOSI
Group:	Fern
Family:	Ophioglossaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK N CAN N GL N L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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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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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: 3. 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: 4. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
BOSIS	Botrychium simplex E. Hitch. var. simplex
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

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 simplex E. Hitchc. – little 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.
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 Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

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