Moonwort Grape-fern (Botrychium lunaria)

Synonym:

Status: endangered in Wisconsin

Habitat Description: cool, moist sandy soils under forest cover

Habitat Classification
WI NHI: Northern Mesic Forest, Boreal Forest
Curtis: Northern Mesic Forest
Kotar: TMC
Forest Cover: Northern Hardwoods

Range: Ashland and Door

Comments: a tiny fern at most 10 cm (4") tall, with a rubbery texture. Very rare and hard to identify.

Phenology:

Field Guides:
Britton and Brown p.1:16/p.1:19
Gleason 1963, p.8
Gleason 1991, p.10
Lellinger, p.113/plate 110

Wisconsin State Herbarium has additional information and pictures on this plant.(leaving DNR Web site)