familyOphioglossaceae
genusBotrychium
subgenusBotrychium subg. Botrychium
speciesBotrychium pinnatum

Botrychium pinnatum

H. St. John

Amer. Fern J. 19: 11. 1929.

Warren H. Wagner Jr., Florence S. Wagner
Common names: Northwestern moonwort
Endemic
Synonyms: Botrychium boreale subsp. obtusilobum (Ruprecht) R.T. Clausen
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Trophophore stalk 0–2 mm, 0 to 0.1 times length of trophophore rachis; blade bright shiny green, oblong-deltate, 1–2-pinnate, to 8 × 5 cm, papery. Pinnae to 7 pairs, only slightly ascending, approximate to overlapping, distance between 1st and 2d pinnae not or slightly more than between 2d and 3d pairs, basal pinna pair approximately equal in size and cutting to adjacent pair, obliquely ovate to lanceolate-oblong, to spatulate, deeply and regularly lobed or pinnulate, lobed to tip, margins entire to very shallowly crenate, apex truncate to somewhat acute, venation pinnate. Sporophores 2-pinnate, 1–2 times length of trophophore. 2n =180.


Phenology: Leaves appearing in June to August.
Habitat: Grassy slopes, streambanks, woods
Elevation: 0–2500 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., N.W.T., Yukon, Alaska, Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Botrychium pinnatum is most commonly associated with B. lanceolatum and B. lunaria. Specimens of B. pinnatum have been misidentified as Botrychium boreale.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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2n chromosome quantity
180 +
Apex architecture or shape
pinnate +
Apex shape
acute +  and truncate to somewhat +
Author
Warren H. Wagner Jr. +  and Florence S. Wagner +
Authority
H. St. John +
Basal pinna shape
Crenate (Entire to very) +
Basal pinna variability
equal +
Between pinnae pinna arrangement
Approximate (Overlapping) +
Between pinnae pinna orientation
ascending +
Between pinnae pinna quantity
0 (7) +
Blade architecture
simple +  and 5-pinnate +
Blade architecture or shape
1-2-pinnate +
Blade coloration
green +
Blade condition
dying +
Blade length
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
Blade presence
absent +
Blade quantity
1 +
Blade reflectance
shiny +  and bright +
Blade shape
oblong-deltate +
Blade texture
papery +
Blade width
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Common name
Northwestern moonwort +
Distribution
Alta. +, B.C. +, N.W.T. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
Elevation
0–2500 m +
Gametophyte architecture
unbranched +
Gametophyte coloration
not green +
Gametophyte length
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Gametophyte location
subterranean +
Gametophyte shape
ovate +
Gametophyte structure in adjective form
mycorrhizal +
Gametophyte texture
fleshy +
Gametophyte width
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Gemma presence
absent +
Gemma shape
Spheric (?) +
Gemma size
minute +
Habitat
Grassy slopes, streambanks, woods +
Hair architecture or arrangement
uniseriate +
Hair arrangement
scattered +
Hair length or size
long +
Idioblast quantity
lacking +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Indument presence
absent +
Indument quantity
of widely scattered , long , uniseriate hairs +
Lateral branch quantity
few +
Lateral branch size or width
narrow +
Leaf-base architecture
open +
Leaf-base architecture or fixation
clasping +
Leaf-base fusion
fused +
Leaf-base shape
dilated +
Leaf atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Leaf primordium development
successive +
Leaf primordium position relational
surrounding +
Leaf primordium pubescence
glabrous +
Leaf quantity
1 (?) +
Leaf reproduction
fertile +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin shape
entire to very +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Pair arrangement
adjacent +
Phenology
Leaves appearing in June to August. +
Pinna lobe architecture or shape
asymmetric +
Pinna orientation
spreading;ascending +
Pinna segment architecture or shape
asymmetric +
Pinna shape
Fan-shaped (?) +  and Lanceolate (?) +
Plants perennial habitat
epiphytic +  and terrestrial +
Portion architecture
spore-bearing +  and laminate +
Portion nutrition
photosynthetic +
Portion reproduction
sterile +
Primordium pubescence
with long , uniseriate hairs +  and glabrous +
Publication title
Amer. Fern J. +
Publication year
1929 +
Rachis shape
flattened +
Rachis texture
not fleshy +
Rachis width
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Reference
None +
Ridge pubescence or texture
corky +
Root architecture
branching +
Root architecture or pubescence or relief
with corky ridges +  and smooth +
Root coloration
list +  and count +
Root diameter
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Root hair quantity
lacking +
Root location
1 +
Root quantity
10 +
Root reproduction
not proliferous +
Row quantity
2 +
Sheath condition
closed +
Source xml
https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V2/V2 582.xml +
Special status
Endemic +
Species architecture
branched +
Species quantity
1 +
Sporangium architecture
sessile +  and short-stalked +
Sporangium arrangement
Cluster (?) +
Sporangium diameter
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Sporangium position relational
embedded +
Sporangium prominence
exposed +
Spore architecture
thick-walled +  and trilete +
Spore quantity
1 +
Sporophore architecture
short-stalked +
Sporophore architecture or shape
2-pinnate +
Sporophore branch architecture or shape
pinnate +
Sporophore branch quantity
2 +
Sporophore height
high +
Sporophore length
1-2 times length of trophophore +
Sporophore length or size
long +
Sporophore orientation
arising +
Sporophore position relational
level +
Sporophore presence
absent +
Sporophore quantity
1 +
Sporophore structure in adjective form
sporangial +
Stalk height
high +
Stalk quantity
common +
Stalk shape
flattened +
Stalk texture
not fleshy +
Stalk width
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Stem architecture
unbranched +  and simple +
Stem orientation
upright +
Stem thickness
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Surface architecture or shape
baculate +
Surface arrangement
network +
Surface fragility
delicate +
Surface fusion
joined +
Surface pubescence or relief
warty +
Surface relief
tuberculate +  and rugate +
Synonyms
Botrychium boreale subsp. obtusilobum +
Taxon family
Ophioglossaceae +
Taxon name
Botrychium pinnatum +
Taxon parent
Botrychium subg. Botrychium +
Taxon rank
species +
Tissue architecture
vascular +
Trophophore architecture
sessile +  and short-stalked +
Trophophore blade architecture
Compound (Simple) +
Trophophore blade presence
absent +
Trophophore orientation
arising +
Trophophore stalk length
0-0.1 times length of trophophore rachis +
Trophophore stalk some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Vein architecture
anastomosing +
Vein arrangement
arranged +
Vein fusion
free +
Vein shape
pinnate +  and fan +
Volume
Volume 2 +
Whole organism growth form
plant +
Whole organism growth form or habitat
terrestrial +
Whole organism some measurement
0cm (15cm) +
X chromosome quantity
45 +