Botrychium dissectum Spreng. var. oblongifolium (Graves) Broun
Botrychium obliquum Muhl. ex Willd.
Botrychium obliquum Muhl. ex Willd. var. elongatum Gilbert & Haberer
Sceptridium dissectum (Spreng.) Lyon
Botrychium dissectum Spreng.
Cut-leaved grape fern, cutleaf grape fern
Botrychium dissectum translates roughly as “a small cluster of grapes with finely cut leaves”— a perfect description. It is a North American native plant.
Identification: These evergreen ferns are 6–18″ (15–45 cm) high. A single, leathery fern leaf is finely divided and feathery, at the base of the plant. It is triangular in overall shape, divided 2-4 times into smaller leaflets. Often this leaf arches, lying close to the ground. A separate infertile stem bears yellowish spore cases (sporangia) that resemble bunches of grapes. They consist of many round spore cases, each about 1/16″ (1.6 mm) around. They appear bronze-colored during the winter.
Habitats: Moist forests, sandy grasslands, wooded ravines, pastures, and the edges of swamps
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Botrychium dissectum Spreng. var. obliquum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Clute
Botrychium dissectum Spreng. var. oblongifolium (Graves) Broun
Botrychium obliquum Muhl. ex Willd.
Botrychium obliquum Muhl. ex Willd. var. elongatum Gilbert & Haberer
Sceptridium dissectum (Spreng.) Lyon
Botrychium dissectum Spreng. var. oblongifolium (Graves) Broun
Botrychium obliquum Muhl. ex Willd.
Botrychium obliquum Muhl. ex Willd. var. elongatum Gilbert & Haberer
Sceptridium dissectum (Spreng.) Lyon
8/18/2010 · J. Harry Rich Woods, off Nod Rd., Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 6″ (14 × 16 cm) 
8/18/2010 · J. Harry Rich Woods, off Nod Rd., Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 8″ (18 × 20 cm) 
10/28/2012 · By Jacquelyn Boyt 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Pteridophyta | Ferns |
| Class | Filicopsida | “Leptosporangiate” (has to do with how their spores form) ferns—includes most ferns |
| Order | Ophioglossales | “Snake-tongue plants,” a small group of pteridophyte plants, vascular plants that reproduce with spores |
| Family | Ophioglossaceae | The adder’s-tongue family, a family of ferns |
| Genus | Botrychium | From the Greek botrys, “a bunch of grapes,” alluding to the bunchlike appearance of the spore-bearing organs of these ferns |
| Species | dissectum | Dissected, as in leaves |
Botrychium dissectum description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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