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swamp moonwort

Botrychium tenebrosum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 6, February 6, March 9, April 18, May 36, June 17, July 13, August 11, September 12, October 10, November 6, December 5.
United States300
Canada177
Ontario149
Minnesota92
New York61
Vermont30
Michigan30
Quebec26
New Hampshire23
Wisconsin21

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassFerns · Polypodiopsida
Orderadder's-tongues and allies · Ophioglossales
Familyadder's-tongue family · Ophioglossaceae
Genusmoonworts · Botrychium

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Practise swamp moonwort with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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