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''Botrychium'' is a genus of
fern A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pteridophytes exce ...
s, seedless
vascular plant Vascular plants (), also called tracheophytes () or collectively Tracheophyta (), form a large group of land plants ( accepted known species) that have lignified tissues (the xylem) for conducting water and minerals throughout the plant. They ...
s in the family Ophioglossaceae. ''Botrychium'' species are known as moonworts. They are small, with fleshy
root In vascular plants, the roots are the organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster. They are most often below the su ...
s, and reproduce by spores shed into the air. One part of the leaf, the trophophore, is sterile and fernlike; the other, the
sporophore {{Short pages monitor


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USDA Plants Profile for ''Botrychium'' (grapeferns)

Efloras.org: Flora of North America, treatment of genus ''Botrychium'' ITIS.gov: List of ''Botrychium'' species
— ''with species links''. {{Taxonbar, from=Q1353804 Fern genera Ferns of the Americas Ferns of the United States Taxa named by Olof Swartz