KEY TO THE GRAPE FERNS

(_Botrýchium_)

Plant large, fruiting in June, sterile part much divided:

Rattlesnake Fern.

Plant smaller:

Fruiting in autumn, sterile part long-stalked, triangular.

Common Grape Fern.

Fruiting in summer:

Plant fleshy, sterile part mostly with lunate segments.

Moonwort.

Plant less fleshy, segments not lunate:

Sterile part short-stalked above the middle of the stem.

Matricary Fern.

Sterile part stalked usually below middle of stem.

Little Grape Fern.

Sterile part sessile near the top of the stem.

Lance-leaved Grape Fern.

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