familyOphioglossaceae
genusBotrychium
subgenusBotrychium subg. Botrychium
speciesBotrychium boreale

Botrychium boreale

J. Milde

Bot. Zeitung 15(51): 880. 1857.

Warren H. Wagner Jr., Florence S. Wagner
Common names: Northern moonwort
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Trophophore stalk sessile or nearly so; blade shiny green, ovate-deltate, 1–2-pinnate, to 6 cm, fleshy. Pinnae to 6 pairs, ascending, mostly overlapping, distance between 1st and 2d pinnae only slightly greater than between 2d and 3d pairs, basal pinna pair usually considerably larger than adjacent pair, obliquely rhomboidal to oblanceolate-spatulate, mostly shallowly lobed to rarely pinnate, margins entire to very narrowly shallowly crenulate, apex pointed, venation pinnate only at bases of proximal pinnae, otherwise ± like ribs of fan. Sporophores 1–2-pinnate, 1–1.5 times length of trophophore.


Phenology: Leaves appearing in July and August.
Habitat: Dry meadows, south-facing slopes
Elevation: 200–600 m

Distribution

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Greenland

Discussion

This well-marked northern Eurasian species is best known in Scandinavia, where it occurs most commonly with Botrychium lunaria, with which it occasionally hybridizes.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Apex shape
pointed +, crenulate +  and entire to very +
Author
Warren H. Wagner Jr. +  and Florence S. Wagner +
Authority
J. Milde +
Basal pinna architecture or shape
pinnate +
Basal pinna shape
Lobed to rarely (Lobed) +
Basal pinna size
usually considerably larger than adjacent pair +
Between pinnae pinna arrangement
Overlapping (?) +
Between pinnae pinna orientation
ascending +
Between pinnae pinna quantity
0 (6) +
Blade architecture
simple +  and 5-pinnate +
Blade architecture or shape
1-2-pinnate +
Blade coloration
green +
Blade condition
dying +
Blade length
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Blade presence
absent +
Blade quantity
1 +
Blade reflectance
shiny +
Blade shape
ovate-deltate +
Blade some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Blade texture
fleshy +
Blade width
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Common name
Northern moonwort +
Distribution
Greenland +
Elevation
200–600 m +
Gametophyte architecture
unbranched +
Gametophyte coloration
not green +
Gametophyte length
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Gametophyte location
subterranean +
Gametophyte shape
ovate +
Gametophyte structure in adjective form
mycorrhizal +
Gametophyte texture
fleshy +
Gametophyte width
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Gemma presence
absent +
Gemma shape
Spheric (?) +
Gemma size
minute +
Habitat
Dry meadows, south-facing slopes +
Hair architecture or arrangement
uniseriate +
Hair arrangement
scattered +
Hair length or size
long +
Idioblast quantity
lacking +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Indument presence
absent +
Indument quantity
of widely scattered , long , uniseriate hairs +
Lateral branch quantity
few +
Lateral branch size or width
narrow +
Leaf-base architecture
open +
Leaf-base architecture or fixation
clasping +
Leaf-base fusion
fused +
Leaf-base shape
dilated +
Leaf atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Leaf primordium development
successive +
Leaf primordium position relational
surrounding +
Leaf primordium pubescence
glabrous +
Leaf quantity
1 (?) +
Leaf reproduction
fertile +
Margin architecture or shape
pinnate +
Margin shape
dentate;lacerate +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Phenology
Leaves appearing in July and August. +
Pinna lobe architecture or shape
asymmetric +
Pinna orientation
spreading;ascending +
Pinna segment architecture or shape
asymmetric +
Pinna shape
Fan-shaped (?) +  and Lanceolate (?) +
Plants perennial habitat
epiphytic +  and terrestrial +
Portion architecture
spore-bearing +  and laminate +
Portion nutrition
photosynthetic +
Portion reproduction
sterile +
Primordium pubescence
with long , uniseriate hairs +  and glabrous +
Publication title
Bot. Zeitung +
Publication year
1857 +
Rachis shape
flattened +
Rachis texture
not fleshy +
Rachis width
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Reference
None +
Ridge pubescence or texture
corky +
Root architecture
branching +
Root architecture or pubescence or relief
with corky ridges +  and smooth +
Root coloration
list +  and count +
Root diameter
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Root hair quantity
lacking +
Root location
1 +
Root quantity
10 +
Root reproduction
not proliferous +
Row quantity
2 +
Sheath condition
closed +
Source xml
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Special status
Endemic +
Species architecture
branched +
Species quantity
1 +
Sporangium architecture
sessile +  and short-stalked +
Sporangium arrangement
Cluster (?) +
Sporangium diameter
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Sporangium position relational
embedded +
Sporangium prominence
exposed +
Spore architecture
thick-walled +  and trilete +
Spore quantity
1 +
Sporophore architecture
short-stalked +
Sporophore architecture or shape
1-2-pinnate +
Sporophore branch architecture or shape
pinnate +
Sporophore branch quantity
2 +
Sporophore height
high +
Sporophore length
1-1.5 times length of trophophore +
Sporophore length or size
long +
Sporophore orientation
arising +
Sporophore position relational
level +
Sporophore presence
absent +
Sporophore quantity
1 +
Sporophore structure in adjective form
sporangial +
Stalk height
high +
Stalk quantity
common +
Stalk shape
flattened +
Stalk texture
not fleshy +
Stalk width
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Stem architecture
unbranched +  and simple +
Stem orientation
upright +
Stem thickness
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Surface architecture or shape
baculate +
Surface arrangement
network +
Surface fragility
delicate +
Surface fusion
joined +
Surface pubescence or relief
warty +
Surface relief
tuberculate +  and rugate +
Taxon family
Ophioglossaceae +
Taxon name
Botrychium boreale +
Taxon parent
Botrychium subg. Botrychium +
Taxon rank
species +
Tissue architecture
vascular +
Trophophore architecture
sessile +  and short-stalked +
Trophophore blade architecture
Compound (Simple) +
Trophophore blade presence
absent +
Trophophore orientation
arising +
Trophophore stalk architecture
nearly +  and sessile +
Vein architecture
anastomosing +
Vein arrangement
arranged +
Vein fusion
free +
Vein shape
pinnate +  and fan +
Volume
Volume 2 +
Whole organism growth form
plant +
Whole organism growth form or habitat
terrestrial +
Whole organism some measurement
0cm (15cm) +
X chromosome quantity
45 +