OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 3 taxa in the family Lygodiaceae, Climbing Fern family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: American Climbing Fern

Weakley's Flora: (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): Lygodium palmatum 008-01-001   FAMILY: Schizaeaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, moist thickets, swamp forests, sandstone outcrops, roadside ditches and roadbanks, in strongly acid soils

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Japanese Climbing Fern

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lygodium japonicum   FAMILY: Lygodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lygodium japonicum   FAMILY: Lygodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lygodium japonicum 008-01-002   FAMILY: Schizaeaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: east Asia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Old World Climbing Fern, Small-leaf Climbing Fern

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lygodium microphyllum   FAMILY: Lygodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lygodium microphyllum   FAMILY: Lygodiaceae

 

Habitat: Swamps, hammocks, disturbed areas

Non-native: southeast Asia

 


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