Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Schizaeales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lygodium japonicum
FAMILY
Lygodiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about this in the Invasive Plant Altas of the MidSouth.
See herbarium specimens at the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Japanese Climbing Fern from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lygodium japonicum
FAMILY
Lygodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lygodium japonicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lygodium japonicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Lygodium japonicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 008-01-002:
Lygodium japonicum FAMILY Schizaeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lygodium japonicum
COMMON NAME:
Japanese Climbing Fern
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_lyja_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160103_112
January Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm160103_115
January Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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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 (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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JK Marlow jkm160103_120
January Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm170527_152
May McCormick County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140625_405
June Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
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JK Marlow jkm140625_406
June Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
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JK Marlow jkm140625_407
June Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
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Keith Bradley kab_l_japonicum_1190
June Leon County FL
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JK Marlow jkm080713_023
July Richmond County GA
Augusta Historic Canal
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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 (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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JK Marlow jkm200911_7191
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm200911_7192
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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Keith Bradley kab_l_japonicum_3180
November Richland County SC
Three Rivers Greenway
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JK Marlow s071129_b
November Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow s071129_c
November Pickens County SC
Fingerlike projections around the margins bear sporangia, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests (Miller, 2003).
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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 (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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JK Marlow s071129_e
November Pickens County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lygodium japonicum
FAMILY
Lygodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lygodium japonicum
FAMILY
Lygodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lygodium japonicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Lygodium japonicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Lygodium japonicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 008-01-002:
Lygodium japonicum
FAMILY
Schizaeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lygodium japonicum
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Fern/Fern ally; Vine
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: east Asia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
- Alabama Invasive Plant Council, 2012
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2006
- SC Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2014
- Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2009
- US Fish & Wildlife Service
- US Forest Service Southern Research Station
LEAVES:
Deciduous in our area?
Leaves to 30m long, pinnae stalked and pinnately divided
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) p048
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p164
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p149
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p410
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p119
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007) p408
- A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010) p096
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