Clay Hill Memorial Forest Plants- Feather Creek

Plant list for Feather Creek Nature Preserve of Clay Hill Memorial Forest.

Botrychium virginianum

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.

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