Lygodium microphyllum: Old World Climbing Fern
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Description: Photographs and information on this species, including its taxonomy, description, habitat, distribution, life history, population biology, physical tolerances, community ecology and invasion information.
The non-native Old World climbing fern, Old World climbing fern overgrowing all other vegetation. Photo courtesy USDA Agricultural Research Service. Old World Climbing Fern, Small Leaf Climbing Fern , is a large and distinctive ground-to-crown climbing fern species. It has long climbing, stem-like fronds (= leaves) and wiry brown rhizomes. Fronds spread along the ground, overgrow shrubs, and also climb up and overgrow trees and other structures by twining around them. The rhizomes can accumulate to form dense (1 m or more) mats on the ground. The leaflets (pinnules) are of two types: non-reproductive leaflets are unlobed along their margins, and oblong to lanceolate (pointed); reproductive leaflets (see below) have tiny lobes along their margins covering the sporangia (Langeland and Craddock Burks 1998).
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| Date | activated: 19-Jun-1992 last updated: 29-May-2013 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |