Group: Pteridophytina (Ferns)
Family: Ophioglossaceae (Adder's-Tongue family)
Genus: Botrychium (Moonworts)
Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc. - Least Moonwort
Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw. - Moonwort
Botrychium matricariifolium W. D. J. Koch - Daisy-Leaved Moonwort
Botrychium multifidum (S. G. Gmel.) Rupr. - Leather Grapefern
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw. - Rattlesnake Fern
Maximal 30 cm tall. <span class="v1">plants:</span> with sporo-trophophylls with distinctly segregated generative and vegetative sections. <span class="v1">sporangia:</span> at a panicle-like section at the apex of the frond. <span class="v1">leaves:</span> <ba...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
perennial herbaceous vegetation, extensively used or natural grassland, dwarf shrub heaths
in nutrient-poor habitats