Biology:Sceptridium biternatum
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Short description: Species of plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Ophioglossales |
| Family: | Ophioglossaceae |
| Genus: | Sceptridium |
| Species: | S. biternatum
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| Sceptridium biternatum (Sav.) Underwood
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Sceptridium biternatum, the southern grapefern or sparse-lobe grape fern , is a perennial fern in the family Ophioglossaceae, occurring in eastern North America. It occurs in "low woods, in hardwood and pine forests, in fields, and on roadsides."[2] Like other grape ferns, it depends on a mycorrhizal association in the soil to survive.
In the fall its leaves and stem turn a reddish-brown / bronze color; a local name for it is “red fern”.[3]
References
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- ↑ "Botrychium biternatum Sparse-lobe Grapefern". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.146935/Botrychium_biternatum.
- ↑ "Botrychium biternatum - Species Page". APA: Alabama Plant Atlas. http://www.floraofalabama.org/Plant.aspx?id=138. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ↑ Heston, Joshua (6 February 2016). "Red fern". http://stateoftheozarks.net/natural/plants/redfern.php. "Southern Grapefern (Sceptridium biternatum)"
Wikidata ☰ Q17262687 entry
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