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Your search found 3 taxa in the family Schizaeaceae, Curly-grass family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
American Climbing Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lygodium palmatum FAMILY: Lygodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lygodium palmatum FAMILY: Lygodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lygodium palmatum 008-01-001 FAMILY: Schizaeaceae
Habitat: Bogs, moist thickets, swamp forests, sandstone outcrops, roadside ditches and roadbanks, in strongly acid soils
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Japanese Climbing Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lygodium japonicum FAMILY: Lygodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lygodium japonicum FAMILY: Lygodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lygodium japonicum 008-01-002 FAMILY: Schizaeaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
Old World Climbing Fern, Small-leaf Climbing Fern
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lygodium microphyllum FAMILY: Lygodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lygodium microphyllum FAMILY: Lygodiaceae
Habitat: Swamps, hammocks, disturbed areas
Non-native: southeast Asia
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