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Read about this in the Invasive Plant Altas of the MidSouth.
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Learn more about Japanese Climbing Fern from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Schizaeales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Lygodium japonicum
FAMILY
Lygodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lygodium japonicum
FAMILY
Lygodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 008-01-002:
Lygodium japonicum
FAMILY
Schizaeaceae
COMMON NAME:
Japanese Climbing Fern
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JK Marlow jkm160103_118
January Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Sporangia in double rows on marginal fingerlike lobes of fertile pinnules, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
JK Marlow s040720_c
July Abbeville County SC
Long-triangular pinnately divided segments of sterile pinnae on lower blade, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
JK Marlow s071129_c
November Pickens County SC
Fingerlike projections around the margins bear sporangia, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.
JK Marlow s071129_d
November Pickens County SC
Fertile pinnae on upper part of blade have more & usually smaller segments, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.