Common Name:
MOONWORT
Synonym:
Botrychium lunaria
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Coefficient of Conservatism:
7
Coefficient of Wetness:
-3
Wetness Index:
FACW
Physiognomy:
Nt Fern
A. Menk
Fields, open forests, usually in sandy soils, sometimes associated with limestone rock.
Stensvold and Farrar (2016) have recently shown that our Michigan plants represent a genetically distinct, uniquely North American entity they have named Botrychium neolunaria, differing in details from the circumpolar B. lunaria, which occurs in North America only at high latitudes.