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Sceptridium jenmanii
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Ophioglossales
Family:	Ophioglossaceae
Genus:	Sceptridium
Species:	S. jenmanii
Binomial name
Sceptridium jenmanii Underwood
Synonyms
Botrychium alabamense Botrychium jenmanii

Sceptridium jenmanii, the Alabama grapefern or Dixie grapefern, is a species of fern in the Ophioglossaceae native to the southeastern United States. It is a rare species, and is apparently in decline. Like other grape ferns, it depends on a mycorrhizal association in the soil to survive.

References

1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 - Botrychium jenmanii Alabama Grapefern". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
2. "Botrychium jenmanii - Species Page - APA: Alabama Plant Atlas". www.floraofalabama.org. Retrieved 7 October 2020.

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