Leathery Grape Fern

Sceptridium multifidum

Habitat 4

Gravel roadbeds.

Distribution 4

Yukon: West-central Yukon; known only from southeast of Dawson and the Top of the World Highway
North America: From Yukon to Newfoundland, southwestern and northeastern United States
World: Circumboreal

Distinguishing Features 4

Sterile blade deltoid, tripinnate, attached near the base of the stem.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/18024068@N00/7731612826
  2. (c) 2014 Barry Rice, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0314/0855.jpeg
  3. (c) 2014 Barry Rice, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0314/0857.jpeg
  4. (c) L.G. Johanson, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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Plant Adder’s Tongue Family (Ophioglossaceae), All (Plantae)