View source for Botrychium virginianum

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|accepted_name=Botrychium virginianum
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Swartz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Bot. (Schrader)
|place=1800(2): 111. 1801
|year=1801
}}
|common_names=Rattlesnake fern;common grapefern;botryche de virginie
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Osmunda virginiana
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 1064. 1753
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ophioglossaceae;Botrychium;Botrychium subg. Osmundopteris;Botrychium virginianum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ophioglossaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Botrychium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Botrychium subg. Osmundopteris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Botrychium virginianum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trophophore </b>sessile; blade pale green, 3–4-pinnate, to 25 × 33 cm, thin, herbaceous. <b>Pinnae</b> to 12 pairs, usually approximate to overlapping, slightly ascending, distance between 1st and 2d pinnae not or slightly more than between 2d and 3d pairs, lanceolate, divided to tip. <b>Pinnules</b> lanceolate and deeply lobed, lobes linear, serrate, apex pointed, venation pinnate, midrib present. <b>Sporophores</b> 2-pinnate, 0.5–1.5(–2) times length of trophophore. <b>2n</b> =184.</span><!--

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|phenology=Leaves seasonal, appearing in early spring and dying in late summer.
|habitat=Common to abundant, especially in shaded forests and shrubby second growth, rare or absent in arid regions
|elevation=0–1500 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Ala.;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico;Central America;South America in Brazil;Colombia;Ecuador;Peru;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p><i>Botrychium virginianum</i> is the most widespread <i>Botrychium</i> in North America.</p>
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name=Botrychium virginianum
|authority=(Linnaeus) Swartz
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Osmunda virginiana
|family=Ophioglossaceae
|phenology=Leaves seasonal, appearing in early spring and dying in late summer.
|habitat=Common to abundant, especially in shaded forests and shrubby second growth, rare or absent in arid regions
|elevation=0–1500 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Ala.;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico;Central America;South America in Brazil;Colombia;Ecuador;Peru;Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Bot. (Schrader)
|publication year=1801
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V2/V2_31.xml
|genus=Botrychium
|subgenus=Botrychium subg. Osmundopteris
|species=Botrychium virginianum
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