Botrychium
moonwort
13 species
4 subspecies and varieties
4 subspecies and varieties
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Botrychium ascendens – upswept moonwort
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: perennial
• var. lineare – narrow-leaf grapefern, slender moonwort
Botrychium crenulatum – dainty moonwort, scalloped moonwort
Distribution: East Cascades in northern Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Arizona
Habitat: Mesic meadows, fen margins, and streamsides under Thuja plicata, at montane elevations.
Origin: Native
Spores: June-August
Growth Duration: perennial
Distribution: East Cascades in northern Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Arizona
Habitat: Mesic meadows, fen margins, and streamsides under Thuja plicata, at montane elevations.
Origin: Native
Spores: June-August
Growth Duration: perennial
Botrychium lanceolatum – lance-leaved grapefern, red triangle moonwort
Distribution: Circumboreal, extending south to southern Washington and Pennsylvania
Habitat: Moist or wet places in the mountains, occasionally to high elevations
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: perennial
Distribution: Circumboreal, extending south to southern Washington and Pennsylvania
Habitat: Moist or wet places in the mountains, occasionally to high elevations
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: perennial
Botrychium michiganense – Michigan moonwort
Distribution: Scattered in Western North America and eastward to the Great Lakes; in Washington known from the northeast corner of the state.
Habitat: Mesic montane meadows.
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: perennial
Distribution: Scattered in Western North America and eastward to the Great Lakes; in Washington known from the northeast corner of the state.
Habitat: Mesic montane meadows.
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: perennial
Botrychium minganense – Mingan moonwort
Distribution: Alaska to California, east to Colorado and to Maine across the northern tier of states
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: perennial
Distribution: Alaska to California, east to Colorado and to Maine across the northern tier of states
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: perennial
Botrychium montanum – western goblin, mountain moonwort
Distribution: British Columbia to California, east to Montana
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: perennial
Distribution: British Columbia to California, east to Montana
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: perennial
Botrychium paradoxum – paradox moonwort, two-spiked moonwort
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: perennial
Botrychium pinnatum – northwestern moonwort, St. John
Distribution: Alaska to Washington and the Wallowa Mountains of Oregon
Habitat: Moist or wet, mostly open places at fairly high elevations in the mountains
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: perennial
Distribution: Alaska to Washington and the Wallowa Mountains of Oregon
Habitat: Moist or wet, mostly open places at fairly high elevations in the mountains
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: perennial
Botrychium simplex – least moonwort
Origin: Native
Origin: Native
• var. simplex – little grapefern, least moonwort
Botrychium viride – green triangle moonwort
Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in the northeastern counties in Washington; Alaska to Oregon, also in New Mexico.
Habitat: Moist montane or subalpine meadows to open forest or thickets.
Origin: Native
Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in the northeastern counties in Washington; Alaska to Oregon, also in New Mexico.
Habitat: Moist montane or subalpine meadows to open forest or thickets.
Origin: Native
