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common moonwort
Botrychium lunaria
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
American moonwortBotrychium neolunaria
Northern MoonwortBotrychium boreale
Mingan moonwortBotrychium minganense
leathery grapefernSceptridium multifidum
moosewortBotrychium tunux
Botrychium onondagense
common brackenPteridium aquilinum
little grapefernBotrychium simplex
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 53,760 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 53,479 |
| Canada | 1,795 |
| Russia | 406 |
| France | 392 |
| Nunavut | 365 |
| British Columbia | 347 |
| Austria | 322 |
| Quebec | 311 |
| Switzerland | 290 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Ferns · Polypodiopsida |
| Order | adder's-tongues and allies · Ophioglossales |
| Family | adder's-tongue family · Ophioglossaceae |
| Genus | moonworts · Botrychium |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise common moonwort with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.