Botrychium simplex Calflora

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Taxon Report

Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc.

Little grape fern, Little grapefern, Yosemite moonwort

2005 Steve Matson

2018 Belinda Lo

2022 R.A. Chasey

2020 John Rawlings

2022 R.A. Chasey

2003 Norman Jensen

Botrychium simplex is a fern that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.


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Subspecies and Varieties:
... var. compositum ... var. simplex
Genus:	Botrychium
Family:	Ophioglossaceae
Category:	fern
PLANTS group:	Fern
Jepson eFlora section: fern

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Communities: Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Botrychium simplex ssp. simplex
PLANTS	Botrychium simplex ssp. typicum
PLANTS	Botrychium simplex var. laxifolium
PLANTS	Botrychium simplex var. tenebrosum
PLANTS	Botrychium tenebrosum

Information about Botrychium simplex from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (BOSI) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 06/05/2023).