Wild Botanical One Ounce Silver Coins
Least Moonwort (Botrychium simplex)

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Botrychium is a genus of ferns, having 30+ species and known as moonworts. Botrychium simplex is depicted on this coin. Common names are least moonwort and little grapefern. Originally native to Greenland and northern North America, it is extinct or endangered in much of its range in North America. It has been transplanted to northern Europe and exists in the wild there but is rare. The plant grows mostly in open sites, including prairies, wetlands, along roadsides and abandoned construction or mining areas. It is a small green plant, and being a fern, it has no flowers but reproduces via spores.