Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Pteridophytes
Family Name: Lygodiaceae

Lygodium - [maps | photos]

• Lygodium japonicum * (Thunb.) Sw.
  Common Name: Japanese climbing fern

• Lygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: American climbing fern

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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