Other common names:
Daisy Leaf Moonwort, Metricary Grape Fern French names:
Botryche à feuilles de Matricaire Family: Adder's Tongue Family (Ophioglossaceae) Group: Grape Ferns Similar species: • Cut-leaved Grape Fern (Sceptridium dissectum) - Grape Ferns are difficult to tell apart. • Rattlesnake Fern (Botrypus virginianus) - has three leaves (fronds) with the fertile stalk sticking straight up from the junction. • Leathery Grape Fern (Sceptridium multifidum) Fronds: Thrice divided Habitat: Forests Native/Non-native:
Native Notes:
Grape Ferns are difficult to tell apart.
Photographs:
35 photographs available, of which 8 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.
Range Map is at the bottom of the page
I have photos only of herbarium specimens of this species. I am indebted to E.P. for providing some photos of live plants.
(Royal Botanical Gardens Herbarium,Burlington,Ontario).
PLEASE NOTE: A coloured Province or State means this species occurs somewhere in that Province/State.
The entire Province/State is coloured, regardless of where in that Province/State it occurs.
(Range map provided courtesy of the USDA website
and is displayed here in accordance with their
Policies)
