Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Schizaeales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Lygodium palmatum
FAMILY
Lygodiaceae
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Learn more about Lygodium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lygodium palmatum
FAMILY
Lygodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 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.
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 008-01-001:
Lygodium palmatum
FAMILY
Schizaeaceae
882
Fern/Fern ally; Vine
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: bogs, moist thickets, swamp forests, sandstone outcrops, roadside ditches and roadbanks, in strongly acid soils, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Leaves to 3m long, pinnae stalked and palmately lobed
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 p046
- Ferns of Alabama p147
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p120
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p143
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p156