NameThatPlant.net: Lygodium japonicum

Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Schizaeales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lygodium japonicum FAMILY Lygodiaceae Go to FSUS key

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

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Learn more about Japanese Climbing Fern from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lygodium japonicum FAMILY Lygodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 008-01-002:

Lygodium japonicum FAMILY Schizaeaceae

COMMON NAME:
Japanese Climbing Fern

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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 008-01-002:
Lygodium japonicum FAMILY Schizaeaceae

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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.

LEAVES:
Deciduous in our area?
Leaves to 30m long, pinnae stalked and pinnately divided

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

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