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Botrychium cf. angustisegmentum
Botrychium ascendens
Botrychium crenulatum
Botrychium lanceolatum ["green genotype"]
Botrychium lanceolatum ["red genotype"]
Botrychium lunaria
Botrychium matricariifolium
Botrychium michiganense
Botrychium minganense
Botrychium neolunaria
Botrychium cf. neolunaria
Botrychium cf. nordicum
Botrychium simplex
Botrychium tenebrosum
Botrychium cf. tunux
Botrychium yaaxudakeit
Botrypus virginianus
Sceptridium multifidum

Botrychium cf. angustisegmentum (Pease and Moore) Fernald  -  Narrow Triangle Moonwort - [NF]

Dunn Island, near Makkovik, Labrador. August 2, 2010. [herbarium specimen NFM ]

Upper Plant

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Botrychium ascendens W. H. Wagner  -  Ascending Moonwort - [NF]

Burnt Cape, Newfoundland. Trail at north end. Mid-July, 2011. [Digital - Jim Goltz]

Whole Plant

Sandy Cove, Tilting, Newfoundland. Sparsely-vegetated sand behind active beach. July 25, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore, Closeup
Sporophore
Sporophore and Trophophore
Trophophores
Trophophores
Whole Plant, Lower Part
Whole Plant
Whole Plants
Whole Plants
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plants, Small
Whole Plant, Stunted
Whole Plants, Stunted

Sandy Cove, Tilting, Newfoundland. Sparsely-vegetated sand behind active beach. July 25, 2006. [Digital - Howard Clase]

Whole Plant

Sandy Cove, Tilting, Newfoundland. Sparsely-vegetated sand behind active beach. July 25, 2006. [Digital - Andrus Voitk]

Whole Plants

Sandy Cove, Tilting, Newfoundland. Sparsely-vegetated sand behind active beach. July 25, 2006. [Digital - Henry Mann]

Trophophore
Whole Plant
Whole Plant

Sandy Cove, Tilting, Newfoundland. Sparsely-vegetated sand behind active beach. July 25, 2006. [Digital - Gene Herzberg]

Whole Plants
Whole Plants

Sandy Cove, Tilting, Newfoundland. Sparsely-vegetated sand behind active beach. July 25, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore, Closeup
Trophophore
Whole Plant
Whole Plant

Sandy Cove, Tilting, Newfoundland. Sparsely-vegetated sand behind active beach. July 25, 2006. [Digital - Howard Clase]

Trophophore

Sandy Cove, Tilting, Newfoundland. Sparsely-vegetated sand behind active beach. July 25, 2006. [Digital - Howard Clase]

Trophophore

Sandy Cove, Tilting, Newfoundland. Sparsely-vegetated sand behind active beach. July 25, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Plant

Sandy Cove, Tilting, Newfoundland. Sparsely-vegetated sand behind active beach. July 25, 2006. [Digital - Gene Herzberg]

Whole Plant

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Botrychium crenulatum W. H. Wagner  -  Crenulate Moonwort - [NF]

Port au Port, Newfoundland. June 10, 2001. [Transparency - Nathalie Djan-Chékar]

Whole Plant

Burnt Cape, Newfoundland. N end trail. Mid-July, 2011. [Digital - Jim Goltz]

Whole Plants

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Botrychium lanceolatum (S. G. Gmel.) ["green genotype"]  -  Lanceleaf Grapefern - [NF - RARE, LAB - RARE]

Great Sacred Island, off L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. Unforested island. Small moist valley. August 14, 2002. [Digital - Michael Burzynski]

Whole Plant

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Botrychium lanceolatum (S. G. Gmel.) ["red genotype"]  -  Lanceleaf Grapefern - [NF - RARE, LAB - RARE]

Goose Bay, Labrador. Sandy substrate. July 26, 2009. [Digital - Claudia Hanel]

Sporophore and Trophophore
Sporophore and Trophophore
Whole Plant
Whole Plant

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Botrychium lunaria (Linnaeus) Swartz  -  Common Moonwort - [NF, LAB]

St. Paul's, Newfoundland. Fishing point. Raised gravel beach berm. July 14, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore, Closeup
Sporophore
Sporophore

Plum Point, Newfoundland. Flat, disturbed ground near sea. July 15, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Plant

St. Paul's, Newfoundland. Fishing point. Raised gravel beach berm. July 20, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plants

Raleigh, Newfoundland. Burnt Cape. Limestone gravels. No date. [Digital - Andrus Voitk]

Whole Plant

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Botrychium matricariifolium (Retz.) A. Braun ex W. D. J. Koch  -  Matricary Moonwort - [NF, LAB - RARE]

Vessels Brook, north of Sally's Cove, Newfoundland. Gros Morne National Park. Disturbed coastal meadow. July 7, 2008. [Digital - John Maunder]

Trophophore
Trophophore and Sporophore
Trophophore and Sporophore
Whole Plant
Whole Plant

Broom Point, south of St. Paul's, Newfoundland. Gros Morne National Park. July 8, 2008. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore
Sporophore
Trophophore
Sporophore and Trophophore
Whole Plant

Broom Point, south of St. Paul's, Newfoundland. Gros Morne National Park. July 8, 2008. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore
Trophophore
Sporophore and Trophophore

Broom Point, south of St. Paul's, Newfoundland. Gros Morne National Park. July 8, 2008. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore
Whole Plant

Exploits Island, Newfoundland. Barren headland west of village, north side. July 19, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant

Point au Gaul, Newfoundland. French Pond Park. July 22, 2011. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore
Sporophore
Sporophore
Sporophore
Sporophore
Sporophore
Trophophore
Trophophore
Trophophore
Trophophore
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant

Goose Bay, Labrador. Sandy substrate. July 26, 2009. [Digital - Claudia Hanel]

Trophophore and Sporophore
Trophophore and Sporophore

Twillingate, North Island, Newfoundland. Heath barren near sea cliffs below the lighthouse. Limestone influence. July 27, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore
Whole Plant
Whole Plant

Twillingate, North Island, Newfoundland. Heath barren near sea cliffs below the lighthouse. Limestone influence. July 27, 2006. [Digital - John Molgaard]

Trophophore
Whole Plant

Twillingate, North Island, Newfoundland. Heath barren near sea cliffs below the lighthouse. Limestone influence. July 27, 2006. [Digital - Gene Herzberg]

Whole Plant
Whole Plant in Habitat

Twillingate, North Island, Newfoundland. Heath barren near sea cliffs below the lighthouse. Limestone influence. July 27, 2006. [Digital - Henry Mann]

Trophophore

Twillingate, North Island, Newfoundland. Heath barren near sea cliffs below the lighthouse. Limestone influence. July 27, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore and Trochophore
Whole Plant
Whole Plant

Twillingate, North Island, Newfoundland. Heath barren near sea cliffs below the lighthouse. Limestone influence. July 27, 2006. [Digital - Gene Herzberg]

Whole Plant
Whole Plant in Habitat

Twillingate, North Island, Newfoundland. Heath barren near sea cliffs below the lighthouse. Limestone influence. July 27, 2006. [Digital - Henry Mann]

Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant

Twillingate, North Island, Newfoundland. Heath barren near sea cliffs below the lighthouse. Limestone influence. Juy 27, 2006. [Digital - Carl Munden]

Habitat

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Botrychium minganense Victorin  -  Mingan Moonwort - [NF, LAB]

Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, Quebec. Cap Crow. Just west of Quebec/Labrador Border. Open grassy heath. July 27, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore
Trophophore with abberant extra small sporophore!

Burnt Cape, Newfoundland. Below cliff near "cannon holes". August 13, 2013. [Digital - Diane Allen and Paul Hines]

Whole Plant

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Botrychium neolunaria Stensvold and Farrar  -  Common Moonwort - [NF]

Grand Bay West, Newfoundland. Vegetated sand dunes behind beach. July 22, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore
Trophophore
Whole Plant

Ramah Bay, Labrador. August 1-3, 2005, 2003. [Digital - Michael Burzynski]

Whole Plants
Whole Plants

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Botrychium cf. neolunaria Stensvold and Farrar  -  Common Moonwort - [NF]

Burnt Cape, Newfoundland. Mid-July, 2011. [Digital - Jim Goltz]

Whole Plant

Cape Freels, Newfoundland. Vegetated sand dunes behind beach. July 23, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore Closeup
Sporophore
Trophophore
Whole Plant

Sandy Cove, Tilting, Newfoundland. Sparsely-vegetated sand behind active beach. July 26, 2006. [Digital - Andrus Voitk]

Whole Plant

Cape Freels, Newfoundland. Vegetated sand dunes behind beach. August 12, 2019. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore
Sporophore
Sporophore with Pinnae
Trophophore
Trophophore
Thophophore
Trophophore
Sporophore andTrophophore
Sporophore and Trophophore
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant

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Botrychium cf. nordicum Stensvold and Farrar  -  Nordic Moonwort - [NF]

East of Eddies Cove, Newfoundland. Large gravel pit. July 12, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore
Sporophore
Whole Plant
Whole Plant

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Botrychium simplex Hitchcock  -  Least Moonwort - [NF - RARE]

Grand Bay West, Newfoundland. Dunes behind beach. July 12, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore, Closeup
Sporophore, Closeup
Sporophore, Closeup
Sporophores
Sporophores
Young Trophophores
Young Trophophores
Trophophore
Trophophore
Whole Plant

Twillingate, Newfoundland. Below lighthouse. Shore heath. Bare knolls. Limestone area. July 18, 2008. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore
Trophophore
Trophophore
Trophophore
Trophophore
Trophophore
Whole Plant
Habitat
Habitat

Exploits Island, Newfoundland. Barren headland west of village, north side. July 19, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Plant

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Botrychium tenebrosum A. A. Eaton  -  Swamp Moonwort, Shade Moonwort - [NF]

Grand Bay West, Newfoundland. Dunes behind beach. July 12, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore, Closeup
Young Trophophores
Trophophore
Trophophore
Trophophore
Trophophore

Bay Roberts, Newfoundland. "The Mad Rocks". Shore heath-meadow. July 19, 2015. [Digital - John Maunder]

Trophophore, Closeup, note the two sporangia on the edge of basal pinna
Trophophore, note the two sporangia on the edge of basal pinna
Trophophore, note the two sporangia on the edge of basal pinna
Trophophore, note the two sporangia on the edge of basal pinna
Trophophore, note the single sporangium on the edge of basal pinna
Trophophore
Trophophore, and base of sporophore
Portion of sporophore
Whole Plant
Whole Plants
Whole Plants

Bay Roberts, Newfoundland. "The Mad Rocks". Shore heath-meadow. August 8, 2015. [Digital - John Maunder]

Trophophore
Trophophore
Trophophore
Trophophore, sporophore chewed off
Trophophore, sporophore chewed off
Trophophore
Trophophore
Trophophore, sporophore shrivelled
Trophophore and sporophore, one one trophophore missing, one sporophore shrivelled
Trophophores, sporophores shrivelled
Trophophores and sporophores
Sporophore
Sporophore and trophophore
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant, showing long common stalk
Habitat
Habitat
Habitat, reverse view

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Botrychium cf. tunux Stensvold and Farrar [and/or, perhaps, an as yet undescribed form - the identity of these Eddies Cove plants is presently under review]  -  Tunux Moonwort - [NF - RARE]

North of Eddies Cove, Newfoundland. Old shore road. Shoulder and ditch. Limestone area. July 7, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Plant
Whole Plants
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plants
Whole Plants
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plants
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant

East of Eddies Cove, Newfoundland. Large gravel pit. July 12, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Plant

Sandy Cove, Tilting, Newfoundland. Sparsely-vegetated sand behind active beach. July 25, 2006. [Digital - Gene Herzberg]

Whole Plant

Sandy Cove, Tilting, Newfoundland. Sparsely-vegetated sand behind active beach. July 25, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore
Sporophore
Sporophore
Trophophore
Whole Plant

Sandy Cove, Tilting, Newfoundland. Sparsely-vegetated sand behind active beach. July 25, 2006. [Digital - Gene Herzberg]

Whole Plant
Whole Plant [the smaller plant is B. tenebrosum]

Sandy Cove, Tilting, Newfoundland. Sparsely-vegetated sand behind active beach. July 26, 2006. [Digital - John Molgaard]

Whole Plant

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Botrychium yaaxudakeit Stensvold and Farrar  -  Giant Moonwort, Yakutat Moonwort - [NF]

Cape Freels, Newfoundland. Vegetated sand dunes behind beach. July 12, 2010. [Digital - Claudia Hanel]

Middle Pinnae
Middle Pinnae
Lower Pinnae
Lower Pinnae
Lower Pinnae
Lower Pinnae
Sporophore
Sporophore
Upper Trophophore, Lower Sporophore
Lower Trophophore
Trophophore
Whole Plant
Whole Plant

Cape Freels, Newfoundland. Vegetated sand dunes behind beach. July 23, 2006. [Digital - Howard Clase]

Trophophore
Trophophore
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant

Cape Freels, Newfoundland. Vegetated sand dunes behind beach. August 12, 2019. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore
Sporophore
Sporophore
Sporophore and Trophophore
Trophophore
Trophophore
Trophophore
Whole Plant

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Botrypus virginianus (L.) Michaux  -  Rattlesnake Fern - [NF, LAB]

Table Head, Newfoundland. "Bellburns Airport" Limestone area. June 28, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore, Closeup
Sporophore, Closeup
Sporophore and Trophophore
Sporophore and Trophophore
Sporophore and Trophophore

Below south end of North Summit of the Highlands of St. John [*], Newfoundland. Disturbed rocky and peaty roadside. Limestone area. July 15, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore
Whole Plant

Burnt Cape, Newfoundland. Mid-July, 2011. [Digital - Jim Goltz]

Whole Plant

Between Port au Choix and Eddies Cove West, Newfoudland. Old shore road. August 7, 2009. [Digital - Claudia Hanel]

Sporophore
Trophophore, Closeup
Trophophore
Trophophore
Trophophore
Whole Plant

Battery Trail, between L'Anse-au-Loup and L'Anse-au-Diable, Labrador. August 8, 2013. [Digital - Diane Allen and Paul Hines]

Whole Plant

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Sceptridium multifidum (S. G. Gmelin) M. Nishida  -  Common Moonwort - [NF, LAB]

St. Paul's, Newfoundland. St. Paul's Point, beyond cemetery. July 7, 2008. [Digital - John Maunder]

Old Trophophore
Old Trophophore, with current year's growth emerging

Grand Bay West, Newfoundland. Dunes behind beach. July 12, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Young Trophophore
Young Trophophore
Young Trophophore
Young Sporophore and Trophophore
Young Sporophore and Trophophore
Young Sporophore and Trophophore

Grand Bay West, Newfoundland. Dunes behind beach. July 26, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore
Sporophore
Sporophore
Trophophore, Closeup
Trophophore
Trophophore
Trophophore
Trophophore
Trophophore
Trophophore Underside
Sporophore, and Trophophore Underside
Sporophore and Trophophore, Closeup
Sporophore and Trophophore
Sporophore and Trophophore
Sporophore and Trophophore
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
New Trophophore and Old Trophophore
Whole Plant with Old Trophophore

Grand Bay West, Newfoundland. Lightly-vegetated dunes behind beach. July 31, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Sporophore, Closeup
Sporophore
Sporophore
Whole Plant
Whole Plant
Whole Plant

Doctor's Hill, Newfoundland. Rocky, grassy, upland meadow. August 20, 2005. [Digital - Claudia Hanel]

Sporophore
Trophophore
Whole Plants in Habitat
Habitat
Habitat

Grand Bay West, Newfoundland. Lightly-vegetated dunes behind beach. August 30, 2019. [Digital - Diane Allen]

Whole Plant
Sporophore
Trophophore

Grand Bay West, Newfoundland. Dunes behind beach. 1999. [Digital - Henry Mann]

Sporophore, pressed specimen
Whole Plants, pressed specimen
Whole Plants, pressed specimens

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