Botrychium dissectum

type

IMAGE

Cut-leaf Grape Fern

fern

species

size(ft)

>1

cut

.

decid.

evergreen (to bronze)

garden

no

ID tips

Ultimate pinule largest; pinnules long, narrow, and pointed

Emerges in July, turns bronze after the first frost

where damp woods especially sweet

ME

NH

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MA
RI
CT
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Comment

With B. virginianum, the most common Botrychiums

Depends on a specific soil fungus.

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