Climbing Fern

American climbing fern is a climbing, herbaceous perennial fern in the fan-fern family (Lygodiaceae). It is native to the Eastern United States and is considered threatened in many states. Climbing fern, Lygodium palmatum, in the curly grass family (Schizaeaceae) does not have the characteristic overall shape of most ferns. It is an evergreen, ivy-like plant which sprawls over the. Sep 6, 2012 · The climbing fern has black wiry rhizomes that give rise to leaves that climb on surrounding vegetation to heights of up to 2 meters. The leaflets without spores are long-stalked, 2-4. American climbing fern is found in forests, forest edges and swamp margins, mainly on peaty, acidic, sandy soils. Its fronds twine around other vegetation and can attain lengths of 15 feet (4.5 m). Lygodium (climbing fern) is a genus of about 40 species of ferns, native to tropical regions across the world, with a few temperate species in eastern Asia and eastern North America.

In addition to their photosynthetic and reproductive functions, adult climbing fern fronds are analogous to the twining shoots of flowering plants, spreading along the ground, over shrubs, or climbing by. Species Profile: Japanese Climbing Fern. Smothers native vegetation by blocking sunlight and increases fire risk by allowing fire to spread up trees along its vines (Minogue et al. 2009) Feb 3, 2007 · Henry David Thoreau wrote about this climbing fern in his journal, “It is a most beautiful slender and delicate fern, twining like [a] vine about the stem of the meadow-sweet, panicled. Common name: American Climbing Fern, Hartford Fern. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Bogs, moist thickets, swamp forests, sandstone outcrops, roadside ditches and roadbanks, in strongly acid soils.