Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Lygodium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Schizaeales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Lygodium palmatum
FAMILY
Lygodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lygodium palmatum
FAMILY
Lygodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 008-01-001:
Lygodium palmatum
FAMILY
Schizaeaceae
COMMON NAME:
American Climbing Fern
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lypa3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm170204_110
February Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm0405t_28
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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Emily B. Sessa ebslpalmatum_0699
June
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Emily B. Sessa ebslpalmatum_0706
June
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Emily B. Sessa ebslpalmatum_0738
June
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Emily B. Sessa ebslpalmatum_0759
June
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Emily B. Sessa ebslpalmatum_0773
June
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_palmatum_5
June
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JK Marlow jkm0508e_27
August Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0508e_31
August Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0509a_33
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm0509a_34
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm0509a_36
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow s060903_c
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Sterile pinnae borne on forked stalks, divided into paired palmate pinnules, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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JK Marlow s060903_d
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Fertile pinnules smaller & more dissectd than sterile, borne at vine tips, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.