PLANTS Profile for Lygodium (climbing fern)

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PLANTS Profile

Lygodium Sw.
climbing fern

Symbol:

LYGOD2

Group:

Fern

Family:

Lygodiaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

More Information:

Images:
Lygodium Sw.

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Distribution:
Lygodium Sw.

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Lygodium Sw.

View 1 genera in Lygodiaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Lygodium auriculatum

Distribution of Lygodium flexuosum (L.) Sw.. .

Lygodium flexuosum
maidenhair creeper

Distribution of Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw.. . Image Available.

Lygodium japonicum
Japanese climbing fern

Distribution of Lygodium microphyllum (Cav.) R. Br.. .

Lygodium microphyllum
small-leaf climbing fern

Distribution of Lygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw.. . Image Available.

Lygodium palmatum
American climbing fern

Lygodium venustum

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Lygodium Sw.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Lygodiaceae – Climbing Fern family
Genus	Lygodium Sw. – climbing fern

More Accounts and Images:
Lygodium Sw.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17982.

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 07:07 AM CDT