Golondrinas – a biodiversity hotspot in the Chocó Biogeographic Region in northwestern Ecuador Attached are some botanical highlights from Golondrinas (my favorites are mostly Gesneraceae, but attached are a few non-Gesneriaceae). Instagram only allows ten images, so here are a few non-Gesneriaceae plants from Golondrinas: Centradeniastrum album in the Melastomataceae Axinaea lehmannii in the Melastomataceae NOTE: The bulbous appendage on the anthers represents a bellows organ in a unique pollen expulsion mechanism (Dellinger et al. 2014. A Specialized Bird Pollination System with a Bellows Mechanism for Pollen Transfer and Staminal Food Body Rewards. Current Biology 24: 1615-1619). Cheiroglossa palmata in the Ophioglossaceae Psammisia flaviflora in the Ericaceae Gymnosiphon suaveolens in the Burmanniaceae Passiflora chelidonea in the Passifloraceae Stemodia suffruticosa in the Plantaginaceae Markea spruceana in the Solanaceae I am a research botanist at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, and the footage featured here is from a recent exploratory research expedition to the Cordillera Golondrinas in the northwestern Andean slopes of Ecuador (near the Colombia border). Our expedition was made possible by the generous support of the Hoover Family Trust (Missouri Botanical Garden), for which we are deeply grateful to Gunter Fischer and W. Scott Hoover. The other botanists on the expedition are Nolan Exe, Mia Johnson, and Marco Monteros (Fundación EcoMinga). We also extend our heartfelt appreciation to our logistical support team, including Sara Chingal & Jeovanni Guerra (Fundación EcoMinga), our guides (Luis Micanquier, Patricio Chugar, and Milton Cantancruz), our cook (Doña Viviana Casanova), and the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (QCA). @selbygardens @mobotgarden @fundacion_ecominga #gesneriaceae #Gesneria #botany #plants #GesneriadSociety #Selby #SelbyGardens #SelbyBotanicalgardens #tropicalbotany #EcoMinga #andesmountains #Golondrinas #Markea #Solanaceae #Stemodia #Plantaginaceae #passiflora #passifloraceae #Gymnosiphon #Burmanniaceae #Psammisia #Ericaceae #Cheirglossa #Ophioglossaceae #Axinaea #Centradeniastrum #Melastomataceae
Adder's tongue 🐍 "Can't get more springy than an adder's tongue!" -Famous spring- or adder's tongue- (or both) loving ecologist from Shropshire I found this in an ancient meadow - that's a bit of grassland that has been undisturbed by ploughing or any other significant agricultural activity for hundreds of years, and in this country we've lost 97% of them. Stepping into one is magical at this time of year: full to the brim with a brilliant array of wildflowers, buzzing with life and fluttering butterflies. And curious weirdos, like this one. Adder's tongue is in fact not a regular plant (nor is it an adder). It's a fern. Where are the ferny fronds, you may say. Well, quite. With this guy, what you see is what you get. A single leaf springing up from the ground, only little, this one around 10cm. Then in the centre a spore-bearing spike, which I've zoomed in on in pic 2, though I'm afraid it's grainy. Some leaves don't have the spore-bearing bit at all, poor things. The leaf is quite easily distinguished because it doesn't seem to have veins in the way a typical leaf might, being instead eerily alien-smooth. 👽 Adder's tongue belongs to a family containing a handful of other oddities, such as moonwort. Another strange little thing I'd love to see. 💚 Ophioglossum vulgatum #adderstongue #ophioglossumvulgatum #ophioglossaceae #ancientgrassland #ancientmeadow
Ophioglossum vulgatum (Ophioglossaceae), the adder‘s tongue fern. #ophioglossum #ophioglossumvulgatum #ophioglossaceae #adderstonguefern #holyrood #holyroodpark #arthursseat #arthursseatedinburgh #salisburycrags #edinburgh #edinburghcity #scotland #visitscotland #visitedinburgh #travel #adventure #enjoylife
#ophioglossumpetiolatum #Ophioglossum #Ophioglossaceae #fern #taiwan
Helminthostachys zeylanica @verdigrisferns #Ferns and #Lycophytes #Helminthostachyszeylanica Info by : @dr_ashleyfield Family #Ophioglossaceae #Botanical name Helminthostachys zeylanica (L.) Kaulf. Rhizome short-creeping, unbranched, subterranean. Fronds erect, 1 or 2 near apex of rhizome with a common basal stipe, 15–40 cm long. Sterile lamina tripartite; parts sessile or shortly stalked, divided into 3 or 5 pinnules. Pinnae lanceolate to elliptic, acute or rarely obtuse, 5–21 cm long, 6–40 mm wide; margins entire, crenate or serrate; veins free, dichotomously branched. Sporophore cylindrical, 4–13 cm long, 5–10 mm wide, on a 4–14 cm long stipe. Lateral branches each with a group of free sessile sporangia and sterile lobes at the apex. Distribution Tropical coast and hinterland of WA, NT and QLD south to Whitsunday region QLD. Also in Asia, Malesia and the Pacific Islands. Habit and habitat Terrestrial in open forest, swamp forest, beach scrubs and vine forest margins, in sandy soils in swales between sand-dunes, in black soils or on the edges of creeks or swampy areas. Natural history The fronds of this species die back each year and regenerate from an underground rhizome the following wet season. They do not emerge every year. Cultivation May be difficult to propagate and establish but grows well in a large deep container of free draining mix in a well lit part of a tropical garden or fernery. #fernsofinstagram #ferns #fern #rareplants
Happy Fern Friday!! 🥳 Cheiroglossa palmata, the hand fern 1. The hand fern is so named because of its striking morphology. It really does look like a hand! 2. The hand fern is a member of the Ophioglossaceae, an ancient family of ferns estimated to be about 236 million years old. 3. Like all members of the Ophioglossaceae, the fronds are divided into a photosynthetic ‘trophophore’ (the hand-like part) and a spore-bearing structure called a ‘sporophore’, seen here arising from the ‘wrist’. 4. This species is considered endangered, and within the continental United States, it only occurs in a few fragmented habitats in Florida. 5. In the US, hand fern is a close associate of Sabal palmetto, the cabbage palm, and it grows exclusively as an epiphyte, thriving in the old leaf bases. 6. Other members of the Ophioglossaceae are known to be mycoheterotrophs, and grow in close association with mycorrhizal fungal symbionts. Little is known about the mycorrhizae of the hand fern, but it is currently the subject of investigation by @Li-Yaung Kuo and collaborators! Photos (c) Susan Fawcett. #fernfriday #ophioglossaceae #ucjeps #universityandjepsonherbaria #herbarium #herbaria #ferns
Ophioglossum engelmannii (Ophioglossaceae) #botany #ferns #taxonomy #plants #botanica #helechos #taxonomia #plantas #botanylovers #iphone #cellphonephotography #amateur #macrophotography #macro #ophioglossaceae #ophioglossum #ophioglossumengelmannii
Botrychium, the moonworts! These tiny plants are really cool and unusual ferns in the family Ophioglossaceae. They’re very difficult to find, and I’ve always considered finding them to be like spotting a unicorn or some other cryptozoological creature! If you’re not specifically hunting for them and aware of their existence they’re nearly impossible to observe. Being wispy thin things usually around 10 cm tall or less, they just blend into the background of green. It also doesn’t help that they, at least in montane forest habitats, really like growing in the densest, shady alder and willow thickets along small spring systems, often beneath other layers of vegetation like sedges and grasses. There is one other very specific habitat in montane forests that they also thrive at, which are the shaded, slightly raised duff banks above small streamlets and seeps fed by springs in mixed coniferous forests (see photo 7). In this very specific habitat, Botrychium have a high likelihood being present, in relatively open areas too, making them easier to spot and photograph. Another interesting thing about members of this genus (and family), is that they’re dependent on arbuscular mycorrhizae, symbiotic fungi in the soil, to grow and acquire most of their carbon. Because of this, individual plants in a population may remain in their underground state for years, especially during droughts, which can make surveying for them complicated. A known population may seem extirpated, or an area of good habitat may be passed over as harboring no rare plants, when in fact they’re just dormant under the soil, and will send up fertile fronds when conditions are more favorable another year. 13 of the 14 species of Botrychium in California are listed as rare, and the one that isn’t, Botrychium simplex, should be as it is much rarer than many other species on the list. I spent a few months last summer specifically surveying for Botrychium, here are some of the species I found! 1. Botrychium minganense 2. Botrychium montanum 3. Botrychium crenulatum 4. Botrychium pinnatum 5. Botrychium simplex 6. Botrychium ascendens maybe… sometimes minganense has sori on the lower pinnae too.
A hallmark of winter’s arrival in East Texas (imo), Sceptridium dissectum, aka cut-leaf grapefern. Growing in a loamy savanna like woodland, dominanted by Pinus echinata, and to a lesser extent, quercus alba, carya tomentosa. This area is the south-western most extent of its range, so it can be quite sparse. • Observed 19 December 2023 #plantsoftexas #texasplants #texasbotany #biodiversityoftexas #plantsofeasternnorthamerica #plantsofthesoutheast #Pineywoods #easttexas #plantsofthepineywoods #pineywoodsecoregion #nativeplants #botany #amateurbotanist #botanygram #botanist #killyourlawn #touchgrass #gooutside #plantnativeplants #Sceptridiumdissectum #Sceptridium #ophioglossaceae #fern #nativefern
During our October trip to Japan I went for a walk in the hills surrounding the hot spring resort town of Shuzenji and was delighted to find some members of the Ophioglossaceae - specifically the Sceptridium genus, which features mycoheterotrophic ferns! As far as my online reading tells me, the gametophytes are all wholly mycoheteretrophic and depend on fungal networks for survival. I'm not sure whether all sporophytes (depicted here) in this genus are also mycoheterotrophic, but some definitely are. These ferns are colloquially known as grapeferns for their sporangia-bearing fertile fronds. I could find precious little information on this Japanese species though. #naturejournal #naturejournaling #watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolorsketch #sketch #sketching #sketchbook #sketchbookart #botanicalart #botanicalpainting #botanicalillustrations #botanicalillustration #fern #ferns #fernart #ophioglossaceae #sceptridium #japanesefern #japanesenativeplants #nativeplantsofjapan
Starting the year off with one of the wildest phenomena in the plant kingdom, parasitism! It’s really crazy to learn about plants that attack and feed on other plants, but what’s even more amazing is the diversity of groups that independently evolved this behavior. Almost all major groups of plants, from a liverwort to numerous flowering plants, have parasitic representatives. Parasites are actually a good sign of a healthy ecosystem. If a population of host can sustain itself and a parasite, then there is excellent biodiversity. I’ve got a few parasites on the ‘24 target list: Conopholis, Pedicularis, Comandra umbellata, Monotropa hypopitys. 1,2- Monotropa uniflora, Ericaceae. This plant is such an icon of the my local woods. The common name “ghost plant” is well earned, it looks like the specter of a plant. It’s in a subfamily of the blueberry family and it parasitizes mycorrhizal fungi in rich woodlands. 3,4- Epifagus virginiana, Orobanchaceae. The common name for this is “Beech drops” because of its hosting habit on beech trees (Fagus spp.). 5-7. Orobanchaceae is a diverse family of both entirely parasitic species like E. virginiana, and partially parasitic species like Agalinis tenuifolia(5), Aureolaria flava(6), and Melampyrum lineare(7). 8,9 Cuscuta gronovii, Convolvulaceae. This alien looking creature is a parasitic morning glory. Here it’s growing into a swamp milkweed and it can be found growing on other fleshy stems like jewelweed. 10 Sceptridium dissectum, Ophioglossaceae. Of course I’m going to include the coolest plant of 2023, a parasitic fern! It’s only parasitic in the gametophyte stage but I’ll count it. Like the Monotropa, it uses mycorrhizal fungi for it’s sustenance until fecundation and emergence of the sporophyte. Such an early group expressing parasitism makes me wonder at what gaps in our understanding of ancient flora that could’ve been filled by parasites. #botany #parasitism #plants #nature #ecology #flowers #ferns #liverwort #monotropauniflora #ericaceae #epifagusvirginiana #agalinistenuifolia #aureolariaflava #melampyrumlineare #orobanchaceae #cuscuta #convolvulaceae #sceptridiumdissectum #ophioglossaceae
2023 Was the year of the early tracheophytes! Lycophytes, horsetails, and ferns are primitive plants that produce spores instead of seeds. Spores grow into a gametophyte which produces the eggs and sperm. The zygote then grows into a new sporophyte which is the recognizable form of the plant. I fudged the evolutionary succession of these plants as pictured a bit and put Sceptridium first because it was the highlight of my year! It is in the Ophioglossaceae (aka, adder’s-tongue family) which had been a bucketlist group of mine. They are some of the most primitive ferns (see pic 8). I love the leathery texture of the leaf, hence the common name “leathery grape fern”. This plant’s gametophyte stage is subterranean and parasitic upon a fungus. The lycopods, Dendrolycopodium obscurum and Huperzia lucidula, are also parasitic in the gametophyte stage. Lycopodiaceae traces its origins back some 400ish million years, to the dawn of vascular plants. I’m always grateful that this lineage still exists because it shows us a snapshot of ancient plant diversity. Selaginella is also a Lycophyte but it’s in a different order. It’s monoecious and produces male and female spores which grow into either a male or female gametophyte. This is sorta similar to how seed plants reproduce(pollen and ovules). The gametophytes are also interesting because they don’t ever fully emerge from the spore. Finally, I was fortunate to find not 1 but 2 new Horsetail species (Equisetum). Pictured are Equisetum variegatum, E. sylvaticum, and E. hyemale (not a new one but still cool). I’ll never not be excited to see horsetail. They’re probably the most ancient ferns and are so unlike any of their distant kin. Looking forward to the 2024 botany season, I have a really neat target plant I hope to find and share called Isoetes (order: Isoetales, class: Lycopodiopsida). #plants #2023 #botany #ferns #tracheophytes #evolution #science #ecology #ophioglossaceae #sceptridium #lycophytes #dendrolycopodiumobscurum #huperzialucidula #selaginella #Equisetum #equisetumvariegatum #equisetumsylvaticum #equisetumhyemale #nature #nativeplants #paleobotany
Botrychium michiganense, Michigan moonwort (Ophioglossaceae) standing tall in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The subterranean gametophyte of some ferns and lycophytes, including these moonworts, are achlorohyllous and exploit shared mycorrhizal networks by Arbuscular-mycorrhizal fungi and surrounding plants (the same type of fungi the Voyria in my last post parasitize). It’s highly probable that the aboveground sporophytes of Botrychium also depend on some Carbon and nutrients from their host fungi as partial mycoheterotrophs — a few of them are minuscule compared to this already small species! ___ #plants #botany #ferns #botrychium #ophioglossaceae #michigan
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Whoo hoo. Botrychium lunaria. A subalpine fern growing in the sand… brilliant.
FLORE AUTOMNALE Une espèce de fougère très discrète produit sa fructification à l'automne, connaissez-vous son nom? Écrivez votre réponse en commentaire à cette publication. (crédit photos: Vincent Laurie) #flore #biodiversité #ophioglossaceae #fougères #automne
... #مارزبان یکی از زیباترین سرخسهایی که بسیار خوش نقش و ریز اندام است. او را در میان خزههای مرطوب در مناطق جنگلی هیرکانی دیدم، در روزی که با زیباییش دل از کف برده بود. مات و مبهوت نقش او میشوی و در دریای آفرینشش غوطهور! همیشه برای بازدیدهایی که انجام میدهم امتیاز میدهم. وقتی این سرخس را دیدم حتی بیشتر از رنج سختی مسافرت برای من ارزید! #Ophioglossum vulgare L. #ophioglossumvulgare #ophioglossum_vulgare #ophioglossaceae گر تیغ برکشد که محبان همیزنم اول کسی که لاف محبت زند منم گویند پای دار اگرت سر دریغ نیست گو سر قبول کن که به پایش درافکنم آوردهاند صحبت خوبان که آتش است بر من به نیم جو که بسوزند خرمنم من مرغ زیرکم که چنانم خوش اوفتاد در قید او که یاد نیاید نشیمنم دردیست در دلم که گر از پیش آب چشم برگیرم آستین برود تا به دامنم شرط است احتمال جفاهای دشمنان چون دل نمیدهد که دل از دوست برکنم دردی نبوده را چه تفاوت کند که من بیچاره درد میخورم و نعره میزنم #سعدی #تنوع_زیستی_بزقوش #تنوع_زیستی_میانه #گیاهان_بزقوش #فلور_بزقوش #گیاهشناسی #بزقوش #غریبدوست #عادل_رمضانی #عادل_رمضانی_بزقوش #Biodiversity_of_Bozghoosh #flora_of_Bozghoosh #alpine_flowers #Biodiversity_of_miyaneh #bird_watching #naturephotography #instaflowerlovers #flowerslover #naturepics #natureplantslover #naturephotography #instaflowerlovers #great_captures_flowers #beautifulflower #flora_of_iran #floraalpina #landscape
#산고사리삼 #Botrychium_multifidum var. robustum 2023.10.11 울릉도 털이 굉장히 많아요… 귀엽게도… #고사리 #울릉도 #식물 #귀여워 #털보 #내것으로만들고싶어 #Ophioglossaceae #Botrychium #Sceptridium #FloraofKorea #fern
Ophioglossum melipillense #Ophioglossaceae Un pequeño helecho nativo de #Sudamérica, de distribución amplia y de aspecto poco convencional. Crece en praderas abiertas durante los meses de invierno y primavera. Se caracteriza por la presencia de un pequeño rizoma alargado del que nacen generalmente 2 pequeñas frondas infértiles (hojas) y una fronda fértil en forma de espiga largamente pedunculada en la que se desarrollan los esporangios. A pesar de su distribución amplia, este helecho es considerado escaso y una rareza botánica, debido a que el género Ophioglossum es el único representante de la familia Ophioglossaceae y el orden Ophioglossales. Además, las especies de este clado dependen de hongos para sobrevivir, pues el gametofito subterráneo es micotrófico y el esporofito se asocia con micorrizas. Infinitas gracias a @dalilaparraguez por ayudarnos a encontrar esta plantita en la @reservapuquen Gracias a @herbario_eif por la id 🌿✨ A small fern native to #southamerica, with a wide distribution and an unconventional appearance. It grows in open meadows during the winter and spring months. It is characterized by the presence of a small and long rhizome from which 2 small infertile fronds (leaves) are usually born and a fertile frond in the form of a long pedunculated spike in which the sporangiums develop. Despite having a wide distribution, this fern is considered scarce and a botanical rarity, because the genus Ophioglossum is the only representative of the Ophioglossaceae family and the order Ophioglossales. In addition, the species of this clade depend on fungi to survive, since the underground gametophyte is mycotrophic and the sporophyte is associated with mycorrhizae. #ophioglossum #ophioglosaceae #ophioglossales #ferns #helechos #Helechosdechile #floradechile #botany #botanical
I think I found #Sceptridiumdissectum aka #cutleafgrapefern in the family #Ophioglossaceae … according to the internet this #fern can live 10 to 45 years but extremely difficult to cultivate, probably due to its need for mycorrhizal associations. In New York it is listed as endangered?
🌱 Ophioglossum lusitanicum subsp. coriaceum . . This species is a tiny fern notable for its modified spore leaf that extends above the sterile leaves! Along with the cool leaves these ferns can be found around open granite outcrops rather than in shady areas! And Many of the ferns of this genus have gametophyte that are below ground and require fungi to support them until the sporophyte is produce! In particular, this species being an annual spices it relies on its spores ti help them come back each year.🌱 . . . . . . . #plants #botanical #botany #wildflowers #plantlove #plantpic #flowers #flora #plantphotography #Ophioglossum #Ophioglossaceae
Ophioglossum engelmannii Prantl (Ophioglossaceae) A) Hábito. B) Detalle de la venación. C) Esporóforo maduro. D) Detalle de los esporangios. E) Espora en vista distal. F) Espora en vista proximal. co: cormo, ep: esporangios, es: esporóforo, mt: marca triltete, ra: raíz, tr: trofóforo. A) Habit. B) Detail of the venation. C) Mature sporophore. D) Detail of the sporangia. E) Spore, distal view. F) Spore, proximal view. co: corm, ep: sporangia, es: sporophore, mt: triltete scar, ra: root, tr: trophophore. #botany #ferns #taxonomy #plants #botanica #helechos #taxonomia #plantas #botanylovers #iphone #cellphonephotography #amateur #macrophotography #macro #ophioglossaceae #ophioglossum #ophioglossumengelmannii
Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw. (Ophioglossaceae) #italy #italia #calabria #montepollino #pollinonationalpark #parconazionaledelpollino #wildflora #floraspontanea #naturephotography #nature #natura #ophioglossidae #ophioglossaceae #botrychium #botrychiumlunaria
Botrychium simplex [E. Hitchc.] El año pasado, Evelyne Hauscher (una francesa que dedica su vida a la botánica pirenaica) encontró una nueva población de este diminuto helecho. Este año íbamos a ir a visitarla junto a @marcsola74, pero un pequeño contratiempo nos impidió acceder a dicha población, por lo que decidimos probar suerte en otra localidad donde clásicamente se había encontrado. Pues bien, el destino hizo que estos dos cracks de mirar donde otros no ven, encontrasen 2 ejemplares de esta especie. ¡Bingo!. La expresión de “una aguja en un pajar” se queda corta, pues habría que decir “un Botrychium simplex en el Pirineo”. Esta primitiva planta se encuentra en turberas del hemisferio norte en Europa, Norteamérica e Islandia, estando en Los Pirineos únicamente en unos pocos puntos de la Cerdanya francesa, en los Pirineos orientales. Mide como mucho unos 5 centímetros, vive entre la hierba y su color no es que destaque precisamente, por lo que verla es casi un milagro. . . #pirineos #pyrenees #botany #botanica #wildflowers #biodiversidad #biodiversity #helechos #fern #ferns #fernsofinstagram #botrychium #ophioglossaceae #ophioglossum #botrychiumsimplex #pyreneesorientales #green #plants #plantsofinstagram #floraiberica #florapirenaica #wetlands
⚡Lengua de víbora 🏷️Ophioglossum crotalophoroides Walter (Ophioglossaceae) 🌎Nativa 🌿Helecho de 6-10cm de alto. Presenta rizomas esféricos y raíces delgadas, quebradizas. Posee diferenciación en láminas fértiles e infértiles. Los trofóforos (láminas infértiles) son brevemente pediculados, subcrasos, de forma ovada a subcordada de 3-3,5 × 2-2,5 cm, posee ápices subacuminados con una vena que divide la lámina en 2. 🎍Los esporóforos (láminas fértiles) son de hasta 7,5(-14,6) cm de largo, poseen un pedúnculo de 5-13 cm de largo. Este último posee un segmento final apiculado que lleva de 6 a 12 pares de esporangios. 📍Se distribuye en el sudeste de Estados Unidos, América Central, Colombia, Venezuela, Perú, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brasil y Uruguay. Debido a su pequeño tamaño suele pasar desapercibida, siendo más sencilla de distinguir en primavera por sus láminas fértiles. Usualmente se la encuentra en la cima de las sierras en pequeños sectores abiertos, junto con musgos y Oxalis. 🔎Curiosidades: Sus esporas poseen una rápida germinación, así como sus gametofitos un crecimiento rápido, llegando a generarse un individuo maduro y fértil en aproximadamente 6.5 meses (Whittier, 2003). Este género tiene el más alto número de cromosomas de cualquier organismo viviente, con hasta 1.400 cromosomas. Su nombre genérico deriva del griego Ophio (serpiente) y Glosso (lengua). El epíteto específico se compone de Crotalum (cascabel, castañuela) y Phoro (que lleva o porta). Así podría interpretarse como “similar a la lengua de una víbora, portando un cascabel”. 📸Fotos: 1. Ophioglossum crotalophoroides 2. Planta 3. Láminas infértiles 4. Láminas fértiles 5. Diafanizado de frondes 6. Detalle de fronde, tubérculo y raicillas 📚Dejamos biblio en comentarios! 🙏¡Gracias! @tomass.oconnor (MdP) @nehu.russo (Bce-Tdl) #lenguadevibora #floranativa #Tandilia #nativas #floraargentina #buenosaires #florabonaerense #ophioglossum #ophioglossumcrotalophoroides #bulbosa #ophioglossaceae #ophioglossáceae #conservación #sierras #botanyphotography #biodiversidad #fern #helecho
Botrychium simplex. Petit pteridofit de la família de les Ophioglossàcies. Distribuït per Groenlàndia, nord d’ Estats Units, Canadà i Àsia. Fa escadusseres incursions a Europa on és extremadament rar. De 4 a 10 cms a molt estirar, fa de molt mal detectar ja que sol viure entremig de l’ herba a turberes i mulladius. A Catalunya trobem 2 Botrychiums més, el lunaria (comú a muntanya) i el matricariifolium (bastant més escàs i amb poques poblacions). Sabia que havia estat citat a l’Alta Cerdanya i després de varis intents, el burro va tocar la flauta i ens vàrem poder “conèixer”…. Una de les plantes que més il·lusió m’ ha fet poder trobar. #botrychium #botrychiumsimplex #ophioglossaceae #florapirinenca #florapirineus #pirineus #pirineos #altacerdanya #joiesbotàniques #flora #floraamenaçada #pteridophyta #pteridofit #pteridofits #pteridofita #buscantlafresca
... من نگویم که کنون با که نشین و چه بنوش که تو خود دانی اگر زیرک و عاقل باشی #حافظ گلی که یافتنش در میان گلهای چمن همانند پیدا کردن سوزنی در انبار کاه است. فرصت اندکی برای یافتن و دیدن گونه گیاهی جذابی که جزو اولین گیاهانی است که دوستش دارم. اینجا در بزقوش تنها در این چمنش دیدهام. محیط رشدش کاملا مرطوب است، این بود که عکاسی از او سرما را تا مغز استخوانم رخنه داد. #Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw. #botrychiumlunaria #botrychium_lunaria #ophioglossaceae #تنوع_زیستی_بزقوش #تنوع_زیستی_میانه #گیاهان_بزقوش #فلور_بزقوش #گیاهشناسی #بزقوش #غریبدوست #عادل_رمضانی #عادل_رمضانی_بزقوش #Biodiversity_of_Bozghoosh #flora_of_Bozghoosh #alpine_flowers #Biodiversity_of_miyaneh #bird_watching #naturephotography #instaflowerlovers #flowerslover #naturepics #natureplantslover #naturephotography #instaflowerlovers #great_captures_flowers #beautifulflower #flora_of_iran #floraalpina #landscape
The prairie dwelling, gemmae forming, ephemeral Botrychium campestre var. campestre is extant in NY once again! Not in a prairie, but on a marble knoll/Juniper barrens in the Taconics, an area that likely resembled a prairie before the era of fire suppression and subsequent woody encroachment. This is evidenced by the presence of disjunct prairie/grassland species known to occur in this area. This new population is over 200 miles east of its historical record in central NY, which magnifies the eastern extent of this plants broad range together with where it was found not too long ago in SW Vermont. Finding this plant was close to hallucinatory. Stumbling on a historical plant in the fragmented/heavily-developed landscape of southern NY didn't seem like it could be a reality. I'm excited that this species exists in NY's extant flora once again, though the reality is that this is likely a temporary existence. Many Botrychium spp. tend to be transient members of an ecosystem as they often occur in successional habitats, such as this one. They also have evolved to rely on mycorrhizae (both in the gametophytic and sporophytic stage), and so are highly susceptible to soil disturbance. For being such small, hidden elements of a landscape, these plants provide a wealth of fascinating biological processes/systems. I'll include further notes on its biology/ecology in the comments. 1-7. Botrychium campestre var. campestre 3. Photo from when first found on 5/10 5. Clumping habit, likely due to gemmae production. Soil surface littered with the flowers of encroaching/threatening Autumn Olive. 7. An entirely spored-out individual, photographed 6/13 8. Surrounding habitat showcasing this areas sandy soils and bedrock exposures. B. campestre was growing under the Juniper intermixed within a carpet of mostly Carex eburnea. #Botrychiumcampestre #Botrychiumcampestrevarcampestre #Ophioglossaceae
I've spent my birthday weekend hunting for orchids and rare ferns in eastern Ontario. The last photo in this series had been my nemesis plant for YEARS. 1. Round-leaved orchis (Galearis rotundifolia), Frontenac County 2. Round-leaved orchis, Frontenac County 3. White adder's-mouth (Malaxis brachypoda), Frontenac County 3. White adder's-mouth, Frontenac County 4. Loesel's twayblade (Liparis loeselii), Frontenac County 5. North wind bog orchid (Platanthera aquilonis), Hastings County 6. Blunt-lobed woodsia (Woodsia obtusa), Hastings County 7. Swamp moonwort (Botrychium tenebrosum), Frontenac County 8. Daisy-leaved moonwort (B. matricariifolium), Frontenac County 9. Northern adder's-tongue (Ophioglossum pusillum), Frontenac County #summerbotany #orchidaceae #ophioglossaceae
Lasy night it was fern flower :-) Ophioglossum vulgatum #ophioglossum #ophioglossumvulgatum #ophioglossaceae #nasięźrzał #nasięźrzałpospolity #fern #ferns #flower #flowers #paproć #paproc #kwiat #kwiaty #kwiatpaproci #kwiatpaproci🌿 #botanicgarden #botanicgardens #botanicalgarden #ortobotanico #ogródbotaniczny #ogrodbotanicznyuw #ujazdowskie4 @gardenicus_botanicus
Non-orchids (and a few more orchids) from Ontario's Bruce Peninsula this weekend. 1. Buxbaum's sedge (Carex buxbaumii) 2. A grapefern (Botrychium)...no idea 3. Another grapefern (Botrychium)...kill me now. 4. The Bruce's weird introduced twayblade, Neottia ovata. 5. Neottia ovata 6. Loesel's twayblade (Liparis loeselii) #cyperaceae #ophioglossaceae #orchidaceae #springbotany
1859年 Lowe シダ類 vol.7 pl.65 ハナヤスリ科 ハナヤスリ属 ヒロハハナヤスリ Ophioglossum vulgatum #edwardlowe #fernsbritishandexotic #ophioglossaceae #ophioglossumvulgatum #chromoxylography #antiqueprint #botanicalprint #botanicalart #ハナヤスリ科 #ハナヤスリ属 #ヒロハハナヤスリ #多色刷木版画 #アンティークプリント #ボタニカルアート #植物画
This rattlesnake fern is a very special one because it's my 10,000th observation on iNaturalist! Bonus: 🫢 So nice to see so much recruitment in this population of ginseng I've been monitoring for four years. #inaturalist #springbotany #ophioglossaceae
Ophioglossum lusitanicum L. (Ophioglossaceae) #italy #italia #tuscany #toscana #montalbano #carmignano #wildflora #floraspontanea #naturephotography #nature #natura #ophioglossidae #ophioglossaceae #ophioglossum #ophioglossumlusitanicum #mediterraneanflora #mediterranean
NEW FIND FOR THE AREA Adder's-tongue (Ophioglossum vulgatum) Found & Taken on: 07/05/2023 Amount: 13 plants Native Fern species. Thinly scattered across the region in a wide range of habitats, from damp grasslands and open fens to grassy woodland rides, dune slacks, churchyards and ancient meadows. Spore-bearing fronds may be found from late May to August. The above-ground, visible part of this plant consists of an oval-shaped, sterile leaf, from the base of which appears the elongate spike that is the fertile leaf that bears the spores. Some shoots consist only of simple, sterile leaves and these are easily passed over and not readily recognised as being an adder's-tongue. Plants may grow to around 25cm in height when among taller vegetation, but are often much less, typically 5-10cm in height. #fern #plant #flora #pteridophyte #ophioglossaceae #adderstongue #wildlife #nature #britishwildlife #naturelovers #wildlife_seekers #wildlife_perfection #ferns #biodiversity #wilderfuture #eco #wilder #keepgreen
Ophioglossum vulgatum (Southern Adder's-tongue), Ophioglossaceae Family. Look close to the ground for this interesting little plant. This species has one of the highest recorded chromosome numbers for all species, plant or animal. While humans have 2n = 46 chromosomes, the Southern Adder's-tongue has 2n = ~1320. Photo from Union County, Illinois. April 7, 2023. #ophioglossum #adderstongue #ophioglossumvulgatum #southernadderstongue #ophioglossaceae #illinoisbotany #illinoisflora #plantsofinstagram🌱 #paullovesplants
Holubiella lunarioides (formerly Sceptridium lunarioides) aka prostrate grapefern has been a white whale of mine for a few years, until this morning. This fern has become uncommon, being found mostly in sandy pine or oak savannas or prairies. I unexpectedly found it in my friends yard of all places. • Photo 9 from the Biota of North America Program Observed 9 March 2023
For my last post on this whirlwind of a #TributeToPteridophyta are perhaps our oddest ferns. The adder’s-tongues (Ophioglossum) are unique for their fleshy single simple leaf and stalked fertile portion. The common name comes from the two-rowed sporangia looking like an adder’s (snake’s) tongue. These ferns are easily missed and can be mistaken for some small sterile orchid or liliaceous leaves but the net-like venation and lack of a midrib help separate. Here in Ohio, we have three native species with all featured here. Sterile leaf characters and habitat are the best means of ID with some helpful tips below. Fun fact - Ophioglossum are known to have the highest number of chromosomes (1,200) of any plant. • 1. Limestone adder’s-tongue (O. engelmannii) is a rarity in Ohio and only known from a handful of limestone barrens in Adams Co. The dry, open, calcareous barrens niche aside, this species has its sterile blades topped with a sharp tip. The blades are also widest in/near the middle and taper below. • 2. Northern adder’s-tongue (O. pusillum) is another rarity only known from the northern reaches of Ohio. It occupies open wet habitats such as fens, sedge meadows, and marshes. Additionally, the leaves are widest at/near the middle with a taper below. • 3. Southern adder’s-tongue (O. vulgatum, syn. O. pycnostichum) is our most common species but still somewhat infrequent. It grows in moist deciduous forests, thickets, and moist meadows. It tends to occur in colonies and has sterile leaf blades widest at/near the base and ovate in outline. My photo isn’t the best at showing this alas it’s all I have. #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #NatureGram #IGNature #PlantsOfInstagram #PlantID #FernID #Plant #AddersTongue #Ophioglossum #Ophioglossaceae #Plantstagram #InstaBotany #InstaFern #Botany #Fern #Frond #Spores #Ecology #Woodland #Wetland #Barrens #Ohio #OhioBotany #OhioFerns #OhioNature #ALGibson #TheBuckeyeBotanist
We’re winding down with my #TributeToPteridophyta and thus it’s time to share some ferns that are as precious as they are infuriating. The moonworts (Botrychium spp.) are teeny tiny wonders from Ophioglossaceae and related to the grape ferns, adder’s-tongue ferns, and rattlesnake fern. There’s dozens of them and they’re often times a real challenge to tell apart. It takes a sharp eye and ability to decipher and delineate that I mostly lack. They can also be variable with mixed/overlapping traits to make matters more fun. I just don’t have enough experience with these fleshy goofballs to claim being knowledgeable on them. Ohio isn’t home to many (3-4) and they’re all uncommon to very rare. Moonworts grow in a wide variety of habitats from swamps to dunes, forests to open fields. Their tropophore (sterile blade) and sporophore (fertile blade) are on a common stem and their arrangements/lengths/lobing etc. help with ID. Like other members of their family they have crucial relationships with subterranean mycorrhizal fungi, which is why it’s not uncommon to find multiple species growing together. I’ve included photos of 7-8 different (maybe?) species, one or two I’m honestly not sure of. Named or not they’re cute and just a blast to encounter. • 1. American moonwort (B. neolunaria) • 2. Narrow triangle moonwort (B. angustisegmentum) • 3. Swamp moonwort (B. tenebrosum) • 4. Mingan moonwort (B. minganense) • 5. Upswept moonwort (B. ascendens) • 6. Mingan moonwort (B. minganense)? • 7. Prairie moonwort (B. campestre) • 8-10. Daisy-leaved moonwort (B. matricariifolium) #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #NatureGram #IGNature #PlantsOfInstagram #PlantID #FernID #Plant #Moonwort #Botrychium #Ophioglossaceae #Plantstagram #InstaBotany #InstaFern #Botany #Fern #Frond #Spores #Ecology #Woodland #Forest #Ohio #OhioBotany #OhioFerns #OhioNature #ALGibson #TheBuckeyeBotanist
It just dawned on me that we’re over a week into this #TributeToPteridophyta and I’ve yet to mention any of the Ophioglossaceae ferns. They’re an ancient and odd bunch with four genera in our flora, one being the grape ferns (Sceptridium). Named for the mature sporangia looking like a cluster of small grapes. Their sterile fronds (tropophores) are leathery and appear in late summer and over-winter; the sporophores on a seemingly separate stem and maturing-shedding-withering by late fall. We have four(?) native grape ferns in Ohio, and damn can they be difficult. I don’t think any other ferns give me as many headaches. Such variability and overlap between ‘species’. I’ve seen many a plant and seen traits of multiple species. Let’s dive into them… • 1-2. Cut-leaved grape fern (S. dissectum f. obliquum) is our most common species. Its sterile blades have varyingly dissected pinnules with more acute ended tips. Turns a bronze-purple in winter. • 3-4. Dissected grape fern (S. dissectum f. dissectum) is the same species as above but has deeply cut pinnules with sharp-toothed margins. Genetic research has shown no difference between the forms and spores of one form giving rise to mature plants of the other form. • 5-6. Blunt-lobed grape fern (S. oneidense) has sterile blades that are more bright green or blue-green and do not bronze over winter. The pinnule divisions/lobes more rounded and blunt-ended. Grows in more shaded, moist-wet forested sites. • 7-8. Leathery grape fern (S. multifidum) has sterile blades more shiny green to gray-green, over-winters green, pinnae longer stalked, and pinnae with many, more-evenly sized lobes. Grows in dry, sandy, more open sites. • 9-10. Sparse-lobed grape fern (S. biternatum) maaaybe?! Pinnules fewer, elongate, sparsely lobed, more blunt-ended. We’re not sure we have true biternatum in Ohio with genetic research currently being done. The last one is most curious - has traits of biternatum and bright green in winter while growing with bronzed dissectum. We’ve collected DNA for sampling to see what it is, or isn’t. Maybe we have some as-of-yet-described intermediate species in southern Ohio. You tell me haha…
Today we’re featuring a delayed best plant find! While surveying private property in Williams Co. in August 2021, Division field botanist Andrew Lane Gibson and chief botanist Rick Gardner along with regional preserve manager Maureen Bogdanski discovered leathery grape fern (Sceptridium multifidum). It was growing mixed in with lots of cut-leaved grape fern (S. dissectum) and its identity was only noticed and confirmed this week upon review of the photo by Gibson and confirmation from an expert in the genus. Leathery grape fern is listed as endangered in Ohio with the Williams Co. find a new county record. A belated congrats to Rick, Andrew, and Maureen! #Nature #NatureGram #NaturePhotography #NatureLovers #Plant #Botany #Fern #Frond #Plants #Ferns #GrapeFern #LeatheryGrapeFern #Sceptridium #SceptridiumMultifidum #Ophioglossaceae #Discovery #RarePlant #RareSpecies #Ohio #OhioNature #OhioBotany #OhioFerns #OhioDNR #ODNR #DNAP #ItsInOurNature #OhioFindItHere
Found a meadow full of Botrychium (also known as Moonworts or Grapeferns). These very smol ferns are strongly symbiotic with certain soil fungi and can lay dormant in the soil for years making them wonderfully satisfying to find 1. #cirsiumscariosumcongdonii #cirsiumscariosum 2. #botrychium #ophioglossaceae 3-4. #botrychiumsimplex #botrychium 5. Behind the scenes: Botanists in a candy shop 6. #astragaluslentiginosussemotus #astragaluslentiginosus 7. #chaenactisdouglasii 8. #packeracana 9. #silenebernardina 10. #aphyllonfasciculatum
Aloha Peppmas! If you were hoping for ferns on the Wish List, then you're in luck! Makou, or Sceptridium subbifoliatum is a member of the genus commonly called moonworts. The plants are small to medium-sized with an erect rhizome and a few unbranched or slightly branched roots (Palmer). They were potentially found on all major islands from 600-1200 m in elevation in wet forests. Makou typically only have 2 fronds per plant that are distinctly fleshy and can grow up to 45 cm long and 28 cm wide. The blades are 2-3 pinnate and deltate in shape. This species is also unique in having a separate fertile stalk of 3-pinnate spikes that is typically longer than the sterile blades. Makou hasn't been seen in nearly 100 years but may have been overlooked due to the similarity of the sterile fronds to other ferns such as pala, Marattia douglasii. There are still many remote valleys within its preferred habitat range so maybe one day we'll make that legendary rediscovery! PC: Herbarium Pacificum, @bishopmuseum #plantextinctionpreventionprogram #PEPP #nativeplants #rareplants #rareplantconservation #botany #botanizing #plantconservation #maytheforestbewithyou #longlivethenatives #ʻaʻoleextinction #alohaʻāina #biodiversity #malamaʻāina #ecosystem #ecosystemrestoration #maukatomakai #oneteamonedream #resistextinction #EarthOptimism #PEPPmas #PEPPmas2022 #Ophioglossaceae #Sceptridium #Sceptridiumsubbifoliatum
* #フユノハナワラビ #冬の花蕨 #BotrychiumTernatum #ハナヤスリ科 #Ophioglossaceae #山野草 #東京薬科大学薬用植物園 #MedicalPlantGarden #medicinalplantgardentupls 10月18日撮影。
Ophioderma pendulum (L.) C.Presl Ophioglossaceae Batang, Jawa Tengah #nature #plants #flora #botany #paku #pakis #tanamanpakis #fern #pteridophyta #ap_ophioglossaceae #ophioglossaceae #ophioderma #ophiodermapendulum #ophioglossumpendulum
Botrychium sp. (most likely B. dissectum, cut-leaf grape fern). These inconspicuous ferns are in the family Ophioglossaceae(adder's tongue ferns) and consist of two fronds. One frond is sterile and photosynthetic and the other is fertile and non-photosynthetic. Tje life cycle begins with new growth appearing on summer with the leafy frond persisting through the winter and dying back in late spring or early the following summer. In winter the green leafy frond turns a bronze color. These ferns depend on a mycorhizal association. They prefer disturbed areas or deciduous forest with a sandy loam high in organic material. These I found were growing under deciduous trees in the flats along a small stream. Sidenote: when o stopped to look at these curious ferns is when I noticed the Spiranthes featured in my last post. I like when one new observation becomes two. . #botrychium #botrychiumdissectum #grapefern #cutleafgrapefern #ophioglossaceae #ferns #nativeplants #botany #nemophilist #forestfloor
フユノハナワラビ 2022年10月25日 栃木県那須町にて #フユノハナワラビ #ハナワラビ属 #ハナヤスリ科 #ハナヤスリ目 #シダ植物 #栃木県 #botrychium_ternatum #botrychium #ophioglossaceae #ophioglossales #pteridophyta #plantae #tochigi #nikon
フユノハナワラビ A fern that grows in winter A fern with a single vegetative leaf (3-10cm, autumn~spring) and a single sporophyll leaf (15-30cm, late autumn~winter). 栄養葉(3-10cm)と胞子葉(15~30cm)各1枚ずつで成り立つシダの仲間。栄養葉は秋から春、胞子葉は晩秋から冬にかけて見られ、まさに冬に生長するシダの仲間。 #botrychium_ternatum #ophioglossaceae #botrychium #fern #fern_in_winter #plant #vegetative_leaf #sporophyll_leaf #フユノハナワラビ #冬の花蕨 #ハナヤスリ科 #ハナワラビ属 #シダ #冬のシダ #植物 #栄養葉 #胞子葉 #冬に生長するシダ
* #オオハナワラビ #大花蕨 #BotrychiumJaponicum #ハナヤスリ科 #Ophioglossaceae #山野草 #高尾山 #mttakao #1号路 10月3日撮影。 冬緑性のシダ植物
* 冬の花蕨(ふゆのはなわらび)。 冬緑性のシダ植物で、秋から冬に葉状体を年1つ出し、 春には枯れてしまいます。 昨年冬、別の公園で見ていましたが、 今日はこちらの公園で、呼ばれた気がして見てみたら、 遊歩道脇にこんな姿が。 文芸作品みたいな名前の目立たないシダ植物ですが、 見つけるとちょっと嬉しくなるもののひとつです。 #花仕事ころあい #暮らしを楽しむ花 #はなまっぷ #花 #花の写真 #花散歩 #野の花 #野の花が好き #野草 #野草が好き #甘樫丘 #国営飛鳥歴史公園甘樫丘地区 #冬の花蕨 #フユノハナワラビ #シダ植物 #冬緑性シダ植物 #flowers #flowerstagram #flowersofinstagram #flowerslovers #wildflowers #botrychium #botrychiumternatum #ophioglossaceae #fern
Sceptridium biternatum re-emerging in its container today. This is a southern grapefern from a friend’s property in Georgia. (Scroll to see it in the ground.) These are not cultivated plants due to their dependence on a mycorrhizal association in the soil. So for now, it will remain in its container, with its soil. It’s been happy for a year now, and honestly that’s surprised me. This is a garden lab plant, and it seems fitting to share it just a few weeks before I return to GA, SC, and NC. #sceptridium #sceptridiumbiternatum #grapefern #southerngrapefern #ophioglossaceae #eusporangiateferns #ferns #fernsarethenewsucculents
A fern I rarely encounter: Sceptridium multifidum, the leathery grape fern, with a closeup on its fertile frond segment. #fernfriday #fernsofinstagram #ophioglossaceae
Muinaisolio. Ounastelen, että harvempi kuin 1/10000 kykenee tästä haltioitumaan vähimmässäkään määrin. Minusta tämä oli perin vaikuttava elämys. Noidanlukot ovat ylipäätään mystinen muinaiskasviryhmä jostain kaukaa ennen dinosauruksia. Lisäksi niitä on tosi vähän missään ja sielläkin hankala huomata. Kun vielä sattui silmään tämä, noidanlukoissakin harvinaisenpuoleinen ja esiintymisalueensa rajamailla, niin saahan tuosta vaikka vähän innostua. Pohjannoidanlukko, Botrychium boreale. Silmälläpidettävä, lähinnä luonnonlaitumien hupenemisen vuoksi. #botrychiumboreale #northernmoonwort #ophioglossaceae #ferns #northernnature #rareplants #suomenkasvit #ylivieska
Ophioglossum sp. (maybe O. reticulatum?) While some species can grow full-on desert mode, this one grows fine with sand and pebbles.
Sceptridium daucifolium (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Lyon Ophioglossaceae Batang, Jawa Tengah #alam #nature #wildlife #plants #flora #botany #paku #pakis #tanamanpakis #fern #pteridophyta #ap_ophipglossaceae #ophioglossaceae #sceptridium #sceptridiumdaucifolium
Moonworts!!! Stumbled upon the rare, upswept moonwort (Botrychium ascendens) recently on the side of the road! What a crazy encounter as this rare, elusive and typically tiny plant is usually very difficult to find in riparian habitats. Here in California, all but one of the dozen or so Botrychium species are tiny and considered rare. The upswept moonwort seen here is rare with a California Rare Plant Rank of 2B.3. These are by far the largest Botrychium I have yet to encounter. 😍 Moonworts aka grapeferns are the cutest ferns you’ll ever be fortunate to meet and in my previous experience typically stand about as tall as your finger. They have two life stages and the first is spent entirely underground relying on fungal associates for sustenance. The second stage as a sporophyte begins underground and at maturity their fertile fronds surface (as seen here). Mature plants may then be dormant for years before emerging again. They are mysterious, cryptic, elusive and fascinating creatures. You can crawl around for hours looking for them and never see a single one. Or you can be in the right place at the right time, pull off the side of the road to inspect some bog orchids and stumble upon a whole colony of moonworts!!! 😁🌿💚 . . . #botrychiumascendens #botrychium #moonwort #grapefern #tinyplants #ferns #ophioglossaceae #botanizingnorcal #botanizing #cnps #californianativeplants #wildplants #rareplants #flora
Die Echte Mondraute auf dem Weg zum Zitterauer Tisch auf dem Stubnerkogel. Die Sporen sind reif und man könnte meinen die Pflanzen staubt einwenig 😂. Die meisten Wanderer laufen vorbei und wissen gar nicht welche Rarität ihnen zu Füßen liegt im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes. Sie ist direkt am Weg zu finden. Man sieht sie allerdings nicht so leicht da sie doch sehr klein ist. #kräuterexpertin #marliesschneider #naturzumwohlfuehlen #natur #nature #naturfotografie #naturphotography #austria #mountains #hiking #alpen #alps #österreich #botanik #botany #berge #echtemondraute #brotychiumlunaria #natternzungengewächse #ophioglossaceae #rautenfarne #badgastein #stubnerkogel #gastein #salzburg #visitsalzburg #bergwelten
.. 제주고사리삼 (Mankyua chejuense B.Y.Sun et al.) #제주고사리삼 #고사리삼 #제주 #식물 #야생식물 #제주도 #제주야생화 #야생화 #대한민국 #곶자왈 #제주숲 #습지 #제주습지 #야생화일기 #야생화스타그램 #Ophioglossaceae #jejuisland #jeju #korea #flowers #wildflowers #landscape #nature #travel #wildflowerwatch #korea 제주 곶자왈 지대에만 자생하는 멸종위기야생동식물Ⅱ급으로 분류되는 제주고사리삼은 뿌리로 번식을 하지만 포자로도 번식한다. 잎 뒷면에 포자를 달고 있는 일반 양치식물과는 달리 제주고사리삼은 잎 사이에서 길죽한 막대기 모양의 포자낭을 올린다. ------------------ 제주특별자치도 제주 지역에서 자생하는 고사리삼과의 식물. 한국 특산 속(屬)으로 학계에 보고 된 자생지가 확인된 유일한 ‘제주특산 속(屬) 식물’(세계적으로 1속 1종인 희귀식물)로서, 원시 고사리 형태를 보존하고 있다. 또한 멸종 위기 야생 식물Ⅱ급으로 지정, 보호되고 있다. 2001년 제주대학교 김문홍과 전북대학교 선병윤이 최초로 발견하였으며, 학명은 식물학자인 박만규와 제주도의 이름을 따서 ‘만규아 제주엔세(Mankyua chejuense)’로 명명되었다. 높이는 10~15㎝이며, 3출엽(잎이 3개)이지만 5출엽으로 보이기도 한다. 영양 소엽과 생식 소엽으로 나뉘는데, 영양 소엽은 세부분으로 나뉘고 다시 각 부분은 두 부분으로 나뉜다. 생식 소엽은 다육질이고, 포자낭이 두 줄로 주변부에 매몰되어 있으며, 아래 부분은 가지가 한두 개로 갈라진다. 그리고 앞면과 뒷면에는 털이 없다. 작은 잎은 자루가 없고 엽맥은 유리한다. 공통 병은 길이는 8~12㎝로서 초록색이고 육질이며, 털이 없다. 포자엽은 엽병이 거의 없거나 1㎜ 이하이다. 영양 소엽 사이에서 생식 소엽이 위로 솟아 포자낭이 달린다. 포자낭은 두툼한 조직에 묻혀 2줄로 배열되고, 포자는 구형이다. 뿌리와 줄기가 땅속으로 기어 들어가며 영양 번식(영양기관 일부에서 새로운 개체가 생기는 것)을 한다. 뿌리와 줄기는 짙은 갈색으로 옆으로 기며, 끝에서 부정아를 내어 군생한다. 구 북제주군, 제주시 한라산 중산간 곶자왈(선흘곶자왈) 등 세계에서 우리나라 제주도에만 자라는 동록성 또는 상록성 다년초로서 낮은 지대의 습지에 자라는 다년초 양치식물이다.
제주에서...자루나도고사리삼은 산지의 초지나 들판, 습기가 약간있는 산기슭에서 자라며 높이 8~20cm내외로 자란다. #자루나도고사리삼 #OphioglossumpetiolatumHook #Nettedadder'stongue #ophioglossaceae #고사리삼과 #제주도(jejudo) #삼나무숲 #jejuisland
Ophioglossum Reticulatum Ophioglossum, the adder's-tongue ferns, is a genus of about 50 species of ferns in the family Ophioglossaceae. The name Ophioglossum comes from the Greek meaning "snake-tongue". Their cosmopolitan distribution is mainly in tropical and subtropical habitats. Ophioglossum reticulatum has 1,440 chromosomes, the highest number of any organism known to science. #rareplants #ophioglossum #rarefern #fern #adderstongue #snaketongue #chromosome #ophioglossaceae #gardenofrarities #specialplants #sciencefacts #botanical #wondersoftheworld #simpleyetelegant #gardeninglife
Botrychium lunaria, le Botryche lunaire (Ophioglossaceae) Une superbe fougère surtout montagnarde. #botrychium #botrychiumlunaria #ophioglossaceae #hautesalpes #botanique #botany #floredefrance #plantlover #plants #wildflowers #plantaddict
Vratička měsíční (Botrychium lunaria) #vraticka #botrychium #botrychiumlunaria #kapradina #ophioglossaceae #zvole #vysocina
Ophioglossum ×pseudoazoricum Peruzzi, Pierini, Magrini, Marchetti & Viane (Ophioglossaceae) #italy #italia #tuscany #toscana #montepisano #montecotrozzi #lucca #wildflora #floraspontanea #fernallies #ophioglossidae #ophioglossales #ophioglossaceae #ophioglossum #ophioglossumpseudoazoricum #flora #nature #naturephotography #natura
Ophioglossum vulgatum (Ophioglossaceae) commonly known as adder's-tongue, is a rare UK native fern. One of the healthiest and largest populations can be found right here in Edinburgh. #ophioglossum #ophioglossumvulgatum #ophioglossaceae #adderstonguefern #fern #pteridophyta #fernfriday #hiddenedinburgh #visitedinburgh #edinburgh #scotland #holyroodpark #holyrood
Subterranean gametophytes are entirely dependent on fungal associations for the acquisition of nutrients, yet to date, few studies have been conducted that characterize these fungal communities. It is currently unknown whether dark septate endophytes (DSE), which are common in environments where plants are subject to high amounts of physiological stress, are present in the achlorophyllous, subterranean gametophytes of ferns. In a new special issue of Applications in Plant Sciences, "Methodologies in Gametophyte Biology," Chen et al. provide a workflow for sequencing the mycobiome of a single gametophyte sample using a high-throughput metabarcoding technique, demonstrating for the first time that DSEs are present in subterranean gametophytes and are likely integral components of their microbiome. The study is also the first to uncover the mycobiome assembly of an achlorophyllous gametophyte of an epiphytic fern. To read more about this new research in Applications in Plant Sciences by Ko-Hsuan Chen, Qiao-Yi Xie, Chiung-Chih Chang, and Li-Yaung Kuo (@KuoFernLab), see https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aps3.11461 #botany #gametophyte #mycobiome #metabarcoding #Ophioglossaceae
Moonwort (Botrychium lunaria) Until recently, I had never heard of this stunning fern species and in lowland areas at least is a rare species, hence why I hadn't come across it before, but here there were many appearing.
Ophioglossum vulgatum - Southern Adder's Tongue Fern Lee County, Kentucky 4/17/22
~ 𝘖𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘮 División: Pteridophyta Subdivisión: Filicophytina Clase: Filicopsida Orden: Ophioglossales Familia: Ophioglossaceae Pequeñísimo helecho nativo en Canarias que está presente en todas las islas a excepción de La Gomera. En Lanzarote se ha localizado en el Parque Nacional de Timanfaya y el jable de Soo. Está incluido en el Catálogo Español de Especies Amenazadas en Régimen de Protección Especial, en el Anexo IV (Protección Especial) del Catálogo Canario de Especies Protegidas y en el Anexo II de la Directiva Hábitats. #ophioglossumpolyphyllum #ophioglossum #ophioglossaceae #floradelanzarote #floracanaria #naturephotography #naturelovers #canarianflowers #naturelover #natura #perfection #wildflowers #botanical #especiesprotegidas #wildlife #canaryislandsflora #florist #flor #botany #nature #plants #flowers #botanical #endemism #naturephotography #plantsofinstagram #flora #wildflowers #macro #flowersofinstagram #plantlife #biodiversity #canarianspecies