rattlesnake fern

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Noun1.Rattlesnake fern - American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's rattlerattlesnake fern - American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's rattle
Botrychium virginianum
grape fern - a fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore cases
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Native moonworts, including daisy-leaf moonwort, leathery grape fern and rattlesnake fern also have decreased dramatically.
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Names of plants and ferns flow off his tongue with ease: Columbine, bloodroot, Dutchman's breeches, hepatica, rue anemone, nodding trillium, maidenhair spleenwort and rattlesnake fern. Many of these have just emerged and he makes his identification by shapes of leaves only, which really amazes me.
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virginianum (L.) Sw., Rattlesnake Fern; Virginia Grapefern.
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