English name: Moonwort
Gaelic name: Lus nam Mìos

Atlas of Ferns:
Post 1950 records: NG14, 15, 24, 25, 33, 36, 42-47, 50-55, 62.

Botanist in Skye: NG14, 15, 24, 25, 33, 36, 41-47, 50-55, 62.

New Atlas:
1950-1969: NG14, 15, 24, 36, 50.
1970-1986: NG25, 33.
1987-1999: NG37, 42-47, 51, 52, 62.

Botrychium lunaria is normally found in short grazed grasslands. In Rodwell (ed.) (1992) it occurs in the CG10a and CG11 communities. In Birks (1973) it occurs in the Agrosto-Festucetum (species-rich) Association.