Top native adder's-tongues, fork ferns, and allies
46 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Matricary Grapefern
Botrychium matricariifolium
food
5
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Common Moonwort
Botrychium lunaria
food
5
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Northern Adder's-tongue
Ophioglossum pusillum
food
2
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Rattlesnake Fern
Botrypus virginianus
food
1
flowers
1
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Mingan Moonwort
Botrychium minganense
food
1
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Little Grapefern
Botrychium simplex
food
1
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Narrow Triangle Moonwort
Botrychium angustisegmentum
food
1
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Lanceleaf Moonwort
Botrychium lanceolatum
food
1
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American Moonwort
Botrychium neolunaria
food
1
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Northwestern Moonwort
Botrychium pinnatum
food
1
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Scalloped Moonwort
Botrychium crenulatum
food
1
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Mountain Moonwort
Botrychium montanum
food
1
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Upswept Moonwort
Botrychium ascendens
food
1
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Western Moonwort
Botrychium hesperium
food
1
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Swamp Moonwort
Botrychium tenebrosum
food
1
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Echo Moonwort
Botrychium echo
food
1
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Prairie Moonwort
Botrychium campestre
food
1
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Pale Moonwort
Botrychium pallidum
food
1
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Peculiar Moonwort
Botrychium paradoxum
food
1
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Cutleaf Grapefern
Sceptridium dissectum
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Skeleton Fork Fern
Psilotum nudum
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Sparse-lobed Grapefern
Sceptridium biternatum
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Southern Adder's-tongue
Ophioglossum pycnostichum
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Leathery Grapefern
Sceptridium multifidum
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Limestone Adder's-tongue
Ophioglossum engelmannii
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Blunt-lobed Grapefern
Sceptridium oneidense
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California Adder's-tongue
Ophioglossum californicum
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Winter Grapefern
Holubiella lunarioides
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Flat Fork Fern
Psilotum complanatum
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Hand Fern
Cheiroglossa palmata
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Stalked Adder's-tongue
Ophioglossum petiolatum
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Ribbon Fern
Ophioderma pendulum
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Bulbous Adder's-tongue
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides
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Ophioderma falcatum
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Alabama Grapefern
Sceptridium jenmanii
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Spathulate Moonwort
Botrychium spathulatum
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Little Goblin Moonwort
Botrychium mormo
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St. Lawrence Grapefern
Sceptridium rugulosum
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Pumice Moonwort
Botrychium pumicola
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Common Adders-tongue
Ophioglossum polyphyllum
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Moosewort
Botrychium tunux
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Slender Adder's-tongue
Ophioglossum nudicaule
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Stalked Moonwort
Botrychium pedunculosum
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Slender Moonwort
Botrychium lineare
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Giant Moonwort
Botrychium yaaxudakeit
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Frenchman's Bluff Moonwort
Botrychium gallicomontanum