old world climbing fern
Lygodium microphyllum (Cav.) R. Br.
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| Taxonomic Rank: Filicopsida > Polypodiales > Lygodiaceae > Lygodium |
| Common Name Synonym(s): small leaf climbing fern |
| Category: Plants: Vines |
| Category: Plants: Ferns |
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![]() 0002128 showing its sterile unlobed leaflets with entire margins and fertile leaflets with sporangia bearing teeth USDA ARS Archive |
![]() 1299202 Infestation Randy Westbrooks |
![]() 1355005 Infestation Growing on a cypress tree in southern Florida. Peggy Greb |
![]() 1355006 Infestation Among cypress trees in southern Florida, entomologist Robert Pemberton examines invasive Old World climbing fern engulfing trees and shrubs. Peggy Greb |
![]() 1355007 Research Entomologist John Goolsby inspects Old World climbing fern in its native habitat in Queensland, Australia. USDA ARS Archive |
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![]() 1624033 Infestation Introduced from the old world tropics as a potted plant, has spread throughout south Florida where it smothers native trees, shrubs, and herbs. The plant is spread by spores which are carried about by wind, animals, and water. Ken A. Langeland |
![]() 2148045 Foliage Mid November, South Florida Zhihong Pan |
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![]() 2308086 Foliage Underside of spore-bearing leaflets of Old World climbing fern. Some leaflets produce spores; others don't. Spores can be carried by the wind to start new infestations. Peggy Greb |
![]() 2308087 Infestation Entomologist Robert Pemberton observes invasive Old World climbing fern overtaking cypress trees in southern Florida. Peggy Greb |
![]() 2308088 Infestation Old World climbing fern growing on cypress trees in southern Florida. The weed forms huge skirts that fires can climb to reach tree tops. Trees without the fern usually survive fire. Peggy Greb |
![]() 2308089 Infestation In the Florida Everglades, Old World climbing fern engulfs a tree island. Peggy Greb |
![]() 3970051 Infestation blanketing an Everglades tree island in Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida Amy Ferriter |
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