Ophioglossaceae

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Ophioglossaceae Adders Tongue Family

• By Noah Berglund

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Family Characteristics

• 4 genera and 80 species
• Isolated family which are not closely related to
  other living families of ferns
• Recognized by a massive sporangia with high spore
  capacity
• Found in recently glaciated and tropical areas

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Botrychium virginianumRattlesnake fern

• 1 tall
• Broadly triangular tri-pinnate blade
• Spore- bearing stalk
• Grows in partial sunny locations in moist
  well-drained soils

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Spore-bearing stock
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Resources

• www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/bovi.htm
• http//botit.botany.wisc.edu/courses/systematics/P
  hyla/Pterophyta/Ophioglossaceae.html
• http//www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/430022/O
  phioglossaceae