Windsor County, Vermont
These are some of the life forms we can find in Hartland, Vermont and all of Windsor County.
Rattlesnake Fern
Botrypus virginianus, sometimes called rattlesnake fern, is a low-growing herb in the Ophioglossales, commonly a foot high or smaller. The plant is ternately branched and the leaves feel soft. The stem is bicolor, being pinkish or light tan at the base but greenish nearer the branches or leaves.
Cut-leaved Grape-fern
Sceptridium dissectum is a common fern (or fern-ally) in the family Botrychiaceae, occurring in eastern North America. Like other plants in this group, it normally only sends up one frond per year. It has long been the subject of confusion because the frond presents in one of two forms, either the normal form (forma obliquum) that resembles other plants in the genus, or ...more ↓
