Family Ophioglossaceae

This species has a single sterile frond, which can be one of two forms:  dissectum with fringed edges, and obliquum with smoother edges.  The fronds are green in summer and early fall, but turn bronze colored in late fall and winter.   The fertile frond is not photosynthetic and resembles bunches of grapes.

var. dissectum  4/2009

 

var. obliquum 4/2007

 

var. obliquum  9/2021

 

var. obliquum  with fertile frond  9/2010

 

var. obliquum with fertile frond  10/2025

 

var. dissectum  Sterile frond 11/2008