Botrychium
moonwort
Specimens
Photos
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Description:
[none provided]
Accepted Name:
Botrychium
Publication: J. Bot. (Schrader). 1800(2): 8, 110. 1801.
Publication: J. Bot. (Schrader). 1800(2): 8, 110. 1801.
Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Species in Botrychium:
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Botrychium ascendens – upswept moonwort
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Alberta, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. -
Botrychium campestre – field moonwort Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and northeastern North America.
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var. lineare – narrow-leaf grapefern, slender moonwort Occurring east of the Cascades crest in northeastern Washington; Alaska to California, east across the northern U.S. and Canada to the Atlantic Coast.
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var. lineare – narrow-leaf grapefern, slender moonwort
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Botrychium crenulatum – dainty moonwort, scalloped moonwort Occurring east of the Cascades crest in northern Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado, rarely to Minnesota and Ontario.
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Botrychium hesperium – western moonwort Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Oregon, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Botrychium lanceolatum – lance-leaved grapefern, green triangle moonwort, triangle moonwort Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Washington, and through the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico; circumboreal.
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Botrychium michiganense – Michigan moonwort Occurring east of the Cascades crest in northeastern Washington; British Columbia to Washington, east to Montana and Wyoming, northern Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and Quebec.
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Botrychium minganense – Mingan moonwort Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Colorado and to Maine across the northern tier of states
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Botrychium montanum – western goblin, mountain moonwort Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Montana
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Botrychium neolunaria – common moonwort Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Botrychium paradoxum – paradox moonwort, two-spiked moonwort Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern Canada to Utah and Colorado, w to central Washington, northeast Oregon, and disjunct in California.
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Botrychium pedunculosum – stalked moonwort Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to northwestern Montana, and in eastern Canada.
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Botrychium pinnatum – northwestern moonwort, St. John Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Botrychium rubellum – red triangle moonwort Occurring in the Cascade Mountains in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains; also in Greenland.
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Botrychium simplex – least moonwort Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains; also from the Great Lakes east to the Atlantic Coast from Canada to North Carolina; circumboreal.
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var. compositum – least moonwort Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Colorado.
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var. simplex – little grapefern, least moonwort Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; eastern Washington east to the Rocky Mountains; also from the Great Lakes east to the Atlantic Coast from Canada to North Carolina; circumboreal.
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Botrychium in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Botrychium checklist entry
OregonFlora: Botrychium information
E-Flora BC: Botrychium atlas page
CalPhotos: Botrychium photos
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