Sceptridium jenmanii

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Sceptridium jenmanii
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Status TNC G3.svg
Vulnerable  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Ophioglossales
Family: Ophioglossaceae
Genus: Sceptridium
Species:
S. jenmanii
Binomial name
Sceptridium jenmanii
Underwood
Synonyms
  • Botrychium alabamense
  • Botrychium jenmanii

Sceptridium jenmanii, the Alabama grapefern or Dixie grapefern, is a species of fern in the Ophioglossaceae native to the southeastern United States. [2] It is a rare species, and is apparently in decline. [1] Like other grape ferns, it depends on a mycorrhizal association in the soil to survive.

References

  1. 1 2 "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 - Botrychium jenmanii Alabama Grapefern". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Botrychium jenmanii - Species Page - APA: Alabama Plant Atlas". www.floraofalabama.org. Retrieved 7 October 2020.


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