Transcript Plant Class Sp 2010/Ophioglossaceae Family Noah B received 21

Ophioglossaceae
“Adder’s Tongue Family”
By: Noah Berglund
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
Botrychium virginianum
“Rattlesnake fern”
• ~1’ tall
• Broadly triangular tripinnate blade
• Spore- bearing stalk
• Grows in partial
sunny locations in
moist well-drained
soils
Spore-bearing stock
Resources
• www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/bovi.htm
• http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/courses/systematics/Phyla/Pt
erophyta/Ophioglossaceae.html
• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/430022/Ophi
oglossaceae