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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 (1968) 008-01-002:
Lygodium japonicum
FAMILY
Schizaeaceae
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow s071129_e
November Pickens County SC