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Cut-leaved Grape Fern
Sceptridium dissectum
(formerly Botrychium dissectum)

Other common names: Cut-leaved Moonwort, Dissected Grape Fern, Ternate Grape Fern

Other scientific names: Botrychium dissectum, Botrychium obliquum

French names: Botryche découpé  

Family: Adder's Tongue Family (Ophioglossaceae)

Similar species:
  •   Rattlesnake Fern (Botrypus virginianus) - has three leaves (fronds) with the fertile stalk sticking straight up from the junction.

  •   Daisy Leaf Grape Fern (Botrychium matricariifolium)

  •   Leathery Grape Fern (Sceptridium multifidum)


Fronds: Evergreen, Thrice divided

Habitat: Forests

Photographs: 156 photographs available.

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Range map for Cut-leaved Grape Fern (Sceptridium dissectum)

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)