Question: Still reviewing older photos, from the same site as the previous one in Shapleigh, Maine.. trying to decide, could this …
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Still reviewing older photos, from the same site as the previous one in Shapleigh, Maine.. trying to decide, could this one be Botrychium minganeses? It isnt very good focus and apparently I only took the one photo and maybe dismissed it as something else at the time -2011.
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Dear P.Smith-80, good morning. You have photographed Botrychium matricariifolium. This is a more common species of moonwort (though still often difficult to find) than members of the B. lunaria complex (to which B. minganense belongs). This species occurs in a variety of forested to open habitats. Best wishes.
