Japanese climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum)
Lygodium japonicum is an invasive climbing fern, forming dense mats over vegetation in the southeastern US. It smothers and spreads rapidly via wind-dispersed spores.
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Synonyms
Adiantum scandens Lour.
Davallia scandens (Lour.) Sw.
Hydroglossum dissectum (Desv.) Steud.
Hydroglossum japonicum (Thunb.) Willd.
Lygodium chaerophylloides Desv.
Lygodium cochinchinense (Poir.) Desv.
Lygodium dissectum Desv.
Lygodium finlaysonianum Wall.
Lygodium hazaricum F.Haq
Lygodium mearnsii Copel.
Lygodium microstachyum Desv.
Lygodium pubescens Kaulf.
Lygodium tenue Blume
Ophioglossum japonicum Thunb.
Trichomanes cochinchinense Poir.
Taxonomy
- kingdomPlantae
- divisionTracheophyta
- classPolypodiopsida
- orderSchizaeales
- familyLygodiaceae
- genusLygodium
- speciesLygodium japonicum