French names:
Ophioglosse Family: Adder's Tongue Family (Ophioglossaceae) Distinctive features:
Single leaf, single stalk. Very unfernlike. Leaves: Undivided; Single, undivided. Height:
10-20 cm (4-8 in) Native/Non-native:
Native Status:
Uncommon.
Notes:
Easily overlooked.
For more information visit: Ontario Ferns Photographs:
7 photographs available, of which 4 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.
Range Map is at the bottom of the page
A single leaf, with the fertile stalk extending upwards.
The top of the fertile stalk. Sorry, no photo of the entire plant yet!
Herbarium specimen showing the whole plant.
(Royal Botanical Gardens Herbarium,Burlington,Ontario).
Herbarium specimen showing the main leaf.
(Royal Botanical Gardens Herbarium,Burlington,Ontario).
PLEASE NOTE: A coloured Province or State means this species occurs somewhere in that Province/State.
The entire Province/State is coloured, regardless of where in that Province/State it occurs.
(Range map provided courtesy of the USDA website
and is displayed here in accordance with their
Policies)
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