Calflora Taxon Report
Botrychium virginianum  (L.) Sw.

(not an active name)
Rattlesnake fern
Botrychium virginianum is a fern that is native to California.
also called Botrypus virginianus
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Genus: Botrychium
Family: Ophioglossaceae  
Category: fern  
PLANTS group:Fern
Jepson eFlora section: fern

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands
Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS
Alternate Names:
PLANTSBotrychium virginianum ssp. europaeum
PLANTSBotrychium virginianum var. europaeum
POWO + PLANTSBotrypus virginianus
JEF + CNPSBotrypus virginianus
Information about Botrychium virginianum from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
Commercial availability unknown.

USDA PLANTS Profile (BOVI)

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