About Sceptridium biternatum (Savigny) Lyon
Sceptridium biternatum, commonly known as the southern grapefern or sparse-lobe grape fern, is a perennial fern belonging to the family Ophioglossaceae. It is found in eastern North America, where it grows in low woods, hardwood forests, pine forests, fields, and roadsides. Like all other grape ferns, this species relies on a mycorrhizal association with soil organisms to survive. In autumn, its leaves and stem change color to reddish-brown or bronze, which has earned it the local common name "red fern".
