Lygodium palmatum

American climbing fern

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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Pteridophyta
Class:Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida
(disputed)
Order:Schizaeales
Family:Lygodiaceae
Genus:Lygodium
Species: L. palmatum
Binomial name
Lygodium palmatum

Lygodium palmatum is the only species of its genus native to North America. Unlike most species in the genus, this one, called the American climbing fern[1] (or Hartford fern, after Hartford, Connecticut), is extremely hardy in temperate zones.

This fern is on endangered or threatened species lists in several states. It requires constant moisture, high light levels, and intensely acid soil to thrive. Its range is essentially Appalachian, ranging from New England down through the Appalachians, Piedmont and Appalachian plateaus into the American south.

References

  1. ↑ "Lygodium palmatum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  • Lellinger, David B. A Field Manual of the Ferns & Fern Allies of the United States & Canada. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. 1985.
  •  "Climbing Fern". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.


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