Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Schizaeales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lygodium palmatum
FAMILY
Lygodiaceae
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Learn more about Lygodium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lygodium palmatum
FAMILY
Lygodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lygodium palmatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lygodium palmatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 008-01-001:
Lygodium palmatum FAMILY Schizaeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lygodium palmatum
COMMON NAME:
American Climbing Fern
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lypa3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm170204_110
February Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm0405t_28
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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Emily B. Sessa ebslpalmatum_0699
June
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Emily B. Sessa ebslpalmatum_0706
June
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Emily B. Sessa ebslpalmatum_0738
June
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Emily B. Sessa ebslpalmatum_0759
June
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Emily B. Sessa ebslpalmatum_0773
June
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_palmatum_5
June
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JK Marlow jkm0508e_27
August Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0508e_31
August Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0509a_33
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm0509a_34
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm0509a_36
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow s060903_c
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Sterile pinnae borne on forked stalks, divided into paired palmate pinnules, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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JK Marlow s060903_d
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Fertile pinnules smaller & more dissectd than sterile, borne at vine tips, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lygodium palmatum
FAMILY
Lygodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lygodium palmatum
FAMILY
Lygodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lygodium palmatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Lygodium palmatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 008-01-001:
Lygodium palmatum
FAMILY
Schizaeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lygodium palmatum
882
Fern/Fern ally; Vine
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, moist thickets, swamp forests, sandstone outcrops, roadside ditches and roadbanks, in strongly acid soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Leaves to 3m long, pinnae stalked and palmately lobed
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986) p046
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p147
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p120
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p119
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p143
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p156
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