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        Species - Michigan Moonwort - Botrychium michiganense

Michigan Moonwort - Botrychium michiganense

Other Names: Botrychium hesperium s.l.

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Species of Concern
Native Species

Global Rank: G3
State Rank: S2
(see State Rank Reason below)
CCVI: Less Vulnerable
C-value:

Agency Status
USFWS:
USFS: Sensitive - Known in Forests (KOOT)
BLM:

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State Rank Reason (see State Rank above)

This species recently has been split from B. hesperium, although it has not yet been formally published (Donald Farrar, Iowa State Univeristy). Some of the sites for B. hesperium almost certainly belong here. See B. hesperium for additional information on habitat and characteristics which are very similar.

This enity would be included within the concept of B. hesperium as used by the Forest Service on their Sensitive species list.

General Description

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Species Range

Montana Range Range Descriptions

Native

Range Comments

Farrar (unpublished) indicates a relatively continous distribution from eastern WA and BC east to ON and MI and south to WY, SD, MN and WI.

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database

Number of Observations: 26

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Relative Density

Recency

(Observations spanning multiple months or years are excluded from time charts)

Habitat

Various mesic habitat, including mesic grasslands and meadows, roadsides and moist forest bottoms.

Predicted Suitable Habitat Model

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Ecological Systems Associated with this Species

Commonly Associated with these Ecological Systems
Forest and Woodland Systems
- Rocky Mountain Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest
- Rocky Mountain Subalpine Mesic Spruce-Fir Forest and Woodland
Grassland Systems
- Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Mesic Meadow
- Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Upper Montane Grassland

References

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- Farrar, Donald. 2011. Moonwort (Botrychium) Systematics. Ada Hayden Herbarium. Iowa State University.
- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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Citation for data on this website:
Michigan Moonwort — Botrychium michiganense. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on April 20, 2024, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=PPOPH01200