Sceptridium jenmanii, the Alabama grapefern or Dixie grapefern, is a species of fern in the Ophioglossaceae native to the southeastern United States.[2] It is a rare species, and is apparently in decline.[1] Like other grape ferns, it depends on a mycorrhizal association in the soil to survive.
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Ophioglossales |
Family: | Ophioglossaceae |
Genus: | Sceptridium |
Species: | S. jenmanii
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Binomial name | |
Sceptridium jenmanii Underwood
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References
edit- ^ a b "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 - Botrychium jenmanii Alabama Grapefern". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Botrychium jenmanii - Species Page - APA: Alabama Plant Atlas". www.floraofalabama.org. Retrieved 7 October 2020.