Rare Plant Field Guide

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Photo Copyright © 1999 by H. Wagner Ophioglossaceae (Adder’s Tounge Family) Look Alikes: B. lineare has a narrower and less fleshy rachis, a less dense and fleshy sporangia mass, more separated vegetative leaf segments, and is only known in Colorado from Boulder and El Paso Cos. Spore-Producing Period: Leaves appear in early spring, spores produced in spring-July. Habitat: Dry, gravelly hillsides, often associated with little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium). Elev. 3700-10,800 ft. Photo Copyright © 1999 by T. Hildebrand Distribution: Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyo-ming and Colorado (Clear Creek and Yuma Cos.). References: Coffin and Pfannmuller 1988; Flora of North America Editorial Committee 1993; Lellinger 1985; Wagner and Wagner 1986 and 1994. Please send comments to: Colorado Natural Heritage Program 254 General Services Building, Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO 80523 · (970) 491-2992