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Climbing fern

Lygodium palmatum

Description:

The only native species of climbing fern in the US. The smaller leaves produce the spores.

Habitat:

Cumberland trail, Obed section

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7 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks NatralList!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

thanks Emma, I will check it out!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

lovely! You must check out Scott Rasmussens mission on ferns. You might not be able to join it ,but very interesting.

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

It's the first time I've ever seen a climbing fern Leana so it's interesting to find there are species of this around the world.

There's one such fern growing outside our fence before in the Philippines. I tried transplanting it but it usually dies :(

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Claire, apparently it only grows in a few places & they haven't been able to successfully transplant or propagate it.

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

We have an exotic Lygodium japonicum that is a terrible pest in Florida. I wasn't even aware of a native species..neat.

KarenL
Spotted by
KarenL

Wartburg, Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Aug 11, 2012
Submitted on Aug 12, 2012

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