grape fern

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Noun1.grape fern - a fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore casesgrape fern - a fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore cases
fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
Botrychium, genus Botrychium - grape fern; moonwort
Botrychium lunaria, common moonwort, moonwort - of America and Eurasia and Australia
Botrychium multifidum, leathery grape fern - European fern with leathery and sparsely hairy fronds
Botrychium virginianum, rattlesnake fern - American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's rattle
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Native moonworts, including daisy-leaf moonwort, leathery grape fern and rattlesnake fern also have decreased dramatically.
Underwood (Alabama grape fern) has been reported from Escambia County.
The meadow ferns include the aptly, named Alabama grape fern. In this species, the spore cases are arranged in clusters at the upper end of a leafless, fertile stalk.
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