BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Botrychium michiganense
Michigan moonwort
| Scientific Name: | Botrychium michiganense W.H. Wagner ex A.V. Gilman, Farrar & Zika | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | Michigan moonwort | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Gilman, A.V., D.R. Farrar, and P.F. Zika. 2015. Botrychium michiganense sp. nov. (Ophioglossaceae), a new North American moonwort. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 9(2): 295-309. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Vascular Plant | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | BOTRMIC | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G3 (Feb 2012) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S3 (Apr 2019) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Blue | ||||||||||
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Anthropogenic / Roadside/Ditch / Facultative - frequent use
Forest / Conifer Forest - Mesic (average) / Facultative - occasional use |
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| Global Habitat Comments: | This species occurs in open woods and fields, roadsides, mine tailings, and dunes, in average to dry calcareous or sandy soil in partial shade (Minnesota Wildflowers, 2022). | ||||||||||
| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Global Range Comment: | Known from Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatechewan; Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming (Gilman et al., 2015). | ||||||||||
| Disjunct, more common elsewhere: | N | ||||||||||
| Peripheral, major distribution elsewhere: | N | ||||||||||
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Botrychium michiganense. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Aug 4, 2025).