Botrychium dissectum Spreng.
Cut-leaved grape fern, cutleaf grape fern
Kingdom Plantae Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
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
About plant names...
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 ferns are 6-18" (15-45 cm) high.
Leaves are finely divided and feathery, only at the base of the plant.
The spore clusters, 3-6" (7.6-15 cm) tall, are thrust up above the foliage on an infertile leaf.
They consist
of many round spore cases, each about ¹/₁₆" (1.6 mm) around. They appear bronze-colored
during the winter.
Medical:
References:
Cobb, Boughton, Farnsworth, Elizabeth & Lowe, Cheryl, Peterson Field Guides: A Field Guide to Ferns and Their Related Families of Northwestern and Central North America , Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005 , p. 266
Online References:
Botrychium dissectum on Missouriplants.com
Botrychium dissectum on Ferns of Mississippi
Botrychium dissectum on the Connecticut Botanical Society's Connecticut wildflowers site
Botrychium dissectum on
Botrychium dissectum at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Cofrin Center for Biodiversity
Botrychium dissectum at Ontario Ferns
Botrychium dissectum at Illinois Wildflowers
Botrychium dissectum on
Botrychium dissectum at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Botrychium dissectum on SEINet—the Southwest Environmental Information Network
Older scientific names
Sceptridium dissectum (Spreng.) Lyon
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
Botrychium dissectum description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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8/18/2010 · J. Harry Rich Woods, off Nod Rd., Groton, Massachusetts ≈ 6 × 6" (14 × 16 cm) ID is uncertain
8/18/2010 · J. Harry Rich Woods, off Nod Rd., Groton, Massachusetts ≈ 7 × 8" (18 × 20 cm) ID is uncertain
10/28/2012 · By Jacquelyn Boyt
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