NameThatPlant.net: Lygodium palmatum

Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Schizaeales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lygodium palmatum FAMILY Lygodiaceae Go to FSUS key

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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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 008-01-001:

Lygodium palmatum FAMILY Schizaeaceae

COMMON NAME:
American Climbing Fern

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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 008-01-001:
Lygodium palmatum FAMILY Schizaeaceae

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

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Leaves to 3m long, pinnae stalked and palmately lobed

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

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