Botrychium lunaria -- (Common Moonwort)


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 Scientific Name:  Botrychium lunaria
 Common Name:  Common Moonwort
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Soil Type prefered:  Sand, Loam
 Drought Tolerance:  Low
 Flower Conspicuous:  No
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Medium
 Moisture Use:  Medium
 Shade Tolerance:  Intermediate
 Active Growth Period:  Spring
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  Low
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  Medium
 Commercial Availability:  No Known Source
 Cold Stratification Required:  No
 Fall Conspicuous:  No
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  85
 Foliage Color:  Green
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  No
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  No
 Fire Tolerance:  High
 Foliage Texture:  Fine
 Growth Form:  Rhizomatous
 Growth Habit:  Forb/herb
 Growth Rate:  Slow
 Height, Mature (feet):  1
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Moderate
 Max. Planting Density/Acre:  4800
 Min. Planting Density/Acre:  1700
 pH (Maximum):  7.2
 pH (Minimum):  5.8
 Precipitation (Minimum):  14
 Resprout Ability:  No
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  10
 Salt Tolerance:  None
 Shape and Orientation:  Erect
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed Spread Rate:  None
 Minnesota Status:  Threatened
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -33
 Toxicity:  None
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  Slow
 Propagation:  Bare Root, Sprigs
 Category:  Fern
 Division:  Pteridophyta
 Class:  Filicopsida
 Order:  Ophioglossales
 Family:  Ophioglossaceae
 Genus:  Botrychium

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