OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lygodium microphyllum   FAMILY Lygodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Lygodium microphyllum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Lygodium microphyllum

 

COMMON NAME:
Old World Climbing Fern, Small-leaf Climbing Fern


         To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.

image of Lygodium microphyllum, Old World Climbing Fern, Small-leaf Climbing Fern

Chong Pott Ken, reproduced from C.E. DeVol for Flora of China    foci_2_3_0154

        

creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

image of Lygodium microphyllum, Old World Climbing Fern, Small-leaf Climbing Fern

USDA Agricultural Research Service Archive, Bugwood.org    bug_0002128

Month Unknown        

image of Lygodium microphyllum, Old World Climbing Fern, Small-leaf Climbing Fern

Peggy Greb, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org    bug_1355005

Month Unknown        

May climb to a height of 9 meters in trees or form thick mats at ground level, per Flora of North America.

image of Lygodium microphyllum, Old World Climbing Fern, Small-leaf Climbing Fern

Amy Ferriter, State of Idaho, Bugwood.org    bug_1461102

Month Unknown        

Spore-bearing pinnae have lobed edges which are often curled under, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).

image of Lygodium microphyllum, Old World Climbing Fern, Small-leaf Climbing Fern

Peggy Greb, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org    bug_2308086

Month Unknown        

Pinnae are 1-pinnate [here, a sterile pinna on left, fertile pinna on right], per Flora of North America.

image of Lygodium microphyllum, Old World Climbing Fern, Small-leaf Climbing Fern

Tony Pernas, USDI National Park Service, Bugwood.org    bug_5275063

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lygodium microphyllum   FAMILY Lygodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lygodium microphyllum   FAMILY Lygodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lygodium microphyllum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lygodium microphyllum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3809

Fern/Fern ally; Vine
Perennial

Habitat: swamps, hammocks, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: southeast Asia

map
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.


Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Deciduous in our area?
Leaves to 10m long, pinnae stalked and pinnately divided

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME: