OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lygodium japonicum   FAMILY Lygodiaceae

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

Lygodium japonicum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Lygodium japonicum

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Lygodium japonicum

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

Lygodium japonicum   FAMILY Schizaeaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Lygodium japonicum

 

COMMON NAME:
Japanese Climbing Fern


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image of Lygodium japonicum, Japanese Climbing Fern

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_lyja_003_lvd

        

image of Lygodium japonicum, Japanese Climbing Fern

JK Marlow    jkm160103_112

January    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Lygodium japonicum, Japanese Climbing Fern

JK Marlow    jkm160103_115

January    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Lygodium japonicum, Japanese Climbing Fern

JK Marlow    jkm160103_118

January    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Sporangia in double rows on marginal fingerlike lobes of fertile pinnules, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Lygodium japonicum, Japanese Climbing Fern

JK Marlow    jkm160103_120

January    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Lygodium japonicum, Japanese Climbing Fern

JK Marlow    jkm170527_152

May    McCormick County    SC

image of Lygodium japonicum, Japanese Climbing Fern

JK Marlow    jkm140625_405

June    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

image of Lygodium japonicum, Japanese Climbing Fern

JK Marlow    jkm140625_406

June    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

image of Lygodium japonicum, Japanese Climbing Fern

JK Marlow    jkm140625_407

June    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

image of Lygodium japonicum, Japanese Climbing Fern

Keith Bradley    kab_l_japonicum_1190

June    Leon County    FL

image of Lygodium japonicum, Japanese Climbing Fern

JK Marlow    jkm080713_023

July    Richmond County    GA

Augusta Historic Canal

image of Lygodium japonicum, Japanese Climbing Fern

JK Marlow    s040720_c

July    Abbeville County    SC

Long-triangular pinnately divided segments of sterile pinnae on lower blade, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Lygodium japonicum, Japanese Climbing Fern

JK Marlow    jkm200911_7191

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Lygodium japonicum, Japanese Climbing Fern

JK Marlow    jkm200911_7192

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Lygodium japonicum, Japanese Climbing Fern

Keith Bradley    kab_l_japonicum_3180

November    Richland County    SC

Three Rivers Greenway

image of Lygodium japonicum, Japanese Climbing Fern

JK Marlow    s071129_b

November    Pickens County    SC

image of Lygodium japonicum, Japanese Climbing Fern

JK Marlow    s071129_c

November    Pickens County    SC

Fingerlike projections around the margins bear sporangia, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests (Miller, 2003).

image of Lygodium japonicum, Japanese Climbing Fern

JK Marlow    s071129_d

November    Pickens County    SC

Fertile pinnae on upper part of blade have more & usually smaller segments, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Lygodium japonicum, Japanese Climbing Fern

JK Marlow    s071129_e

November    Pickens County    SC

 

 

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 Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lygodium japonicum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lygodium japonicum

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Lygodium japonicum

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lygodium japonicum

 

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881

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)

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INVASIVE

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

 

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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