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Botrychium montanum

Botrychium montanum

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Botrychium montanum is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae known by the common names western goblin and mountain moonwort. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California to Montana, where it grows in the dark understory of coniferous forests and other moist wooded areas. This very small plant grows from an underground caudex sending one thin gray-green leaf above the surface of the ground. The leaf is less than 8 centimeters tall and is divided into a sterile and a fertile part. The sterile part of the leaf has irregularly shaped angled leaflets. The fertile part of the leaf is very different in shape, with grapelike clusters of sporangia by which it reproduces.

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Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Botrychium montanum
Slug
botrychium-montanum
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Ophioglossaceae
Genus
Botrychium
Species
montanum
Wikidata QID
Q4948802
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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