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Ferns of North America

This guide shall serve as a base for those interested in the Pteridophyta division of plants! With any luck, this guide will help the reader understand and identify the ferns of North America.

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upswept moonwort 1
Botrychium ascendens
scalloped moonwort 2
Botrychium crenulatum
western goblin 3
Botrychium montanum
Northwestern Moonwort 4
Botrychium pinnatum
pumice moonwort 5
Botrychium pumicola
leathery grapefern 3
Sceptridium multifidum
Botrychium biternatum 6
Sceptridium biternatum
Botrychium dissectum 7
Sceptridium dissectum
Botrychium jenmanii
Sceptridium jenmanii
lanceleaf moonwort 8
Botrychium lanceolatum
Botrychium lanceolatum var. angustisegmentum 9
Botrychium angustisegmentum
matricary grapefern 10
Botrychium matricariifolium
Botrychium oneidense 11
Sceptridium oneidense
Botrychium virginianum 12
Botrypus virginianus
pointed moonwort
Botrychium acuminatum
Alaska moonwort 4
Botrychium alaskense
prairie moonwort 13
Botrychium campestre
reflected grapefern
Botrychium echo
Frenchman's Bluff moonwort
Botrychium gallicomontanum
western moonwort 13
Botrychium hesperium
slender moonwort
Botrychium lineare
common moonwort 14
Botrychium lunaria
Botrychium lunarioides 15
Sceptridium lunarioides
Mingan moonwort 8
Botrychium minganense
little goblin moonwort
Botrychium mormo
pale moonwort
Botrychium pallidum
peculiar moonwort
Botrychium paradoxum
stalked moonwort
Botrychium pedunculosum
false northwestern moonwort
Botrychium pseudopinnatum
Botrychium rugulosum
Sceptridium rugulosum
little grapefern 8
Botrychium simplex
spathulate moonwort
Botrychium spathulatum
moosewort 16
Botrychium tunux

Edited by mycomedic

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