Botrychium oneidense — blunt-lobed grapefern
![Plant form: Botrychium oneidense. ~ By Arthur Haines. ~ Copyright © 2024 Arthur Haines. ~ arthur.d.haines[at]gmail.com](https://newfs.s3.amazonaws.com:443/taxon-images-1000s1000/Ophioglossaceae/botrychium-oneidense-ha-ahaines-a.jpg)
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New England distribution
Adapted from BONAP data
Native: indigenous.
Non-native: introduced (intentionally or unintentionally); has become naturalized.
County documented: documented to exist in the county by evidence (herbarium specimen, photograph). Also covers those considered historical (not seen in 20 years).
State documented: documented to exist in the state, but not documented to a county within the state. Also covers those considered historical (not seen in 20 years).
Note: when native and non-native populations both exist in a county, only native status is shown on the map.
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enlargeFacts
Blunt-lobed grapefern is an inhabitant of moist and wet forests and swamps. It occurs in all New England states, but is rare throughout. Young, infertile individuals of this and co-occurring grapefern (Botrychium) species may be difficult to tell apart.
Habitat
Forests, swamps, wetland margins (edges of wetlands)
Characteristics
- Habitat
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- terrestrial
- wetlands
- New England state
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- Connecticut
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
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Leaves
- Features of leaves
- there are no special features on the leaves
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Place
- Habitat
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- terrestrial
- wetlands
- New England state
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- Connecticut
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- Specific habitat
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- edges of wetlands
- forests
- swamps
Wetland status
Not classified
New England distribution and conservation status
Distribution
- Connecticut
- present
- Maine
- present
- Massachusetts
- present
- New Hampshire
- present
- Rhode Island
- present
- Vermont
- present
Conservation status
Exact status definitions can vary from state to state. For details, please check with your state.
- Connecticut
- unrankable (S-rank: SU)
- Maine
- unrankable (S-rank: SU), threatened (code: T)
- Massachusetts
- extremely rare to rare (S-rank: S1S2)
- New Hampshire
- unrankable (S-rank: SU), Ind (code: Ind)
- Rhode Island
- historical (S-rank: SH), state endangered (code: SE)
- Vermont
- extremely rare (S-rank: S1)
Native to North America?
Yes
Sometimes confused with
- Botrychium dissectum:
- vegetative portion of leaf with leafules lanceolate to trullate, denticulate to lacerate, acute to acuminate at the apex, and usually bronze to purple in fall and winter (vs. B. oneidense, with vegetative portion of leaf with leafules ovate, crenulate to denticulate, rounded to obtusely pointed at the apex, green in fall and winter).
Synonyms
- Botrychium dissectum Spreng. var. oneidense (Gilbert) Clute
- Botrychium multifidum (Gmel.) Rupr. var. oneidense (Gilbert) Farw.
- Sceptridium oneidense (Gilbert) Holub
Family
Genus
From the dichotomous key of Flora Novae Angliae
9. Botrychium oneidense (Gilbert) House NC
blunt-lobed grapefern. Botrychium dissectum Spreng. var. oneidense (Gilbert) Clute; B. multifidum (Gmel.) Rupr. var. oneidense (Gilbert) Farw.; Sceptridium oneidense (Gilbert) Holub • CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT. Mesic to hydric soils of forests and swamps.