Lists general information and resources for Old World Climbing Fern.

One odd group of vining plants is the fern genus Lygodium, called climbing ferns.

Kudzu, Old World climbing fern, and other invasive plants that scale trees may also encourage ladder fires.

Lygodium japonicum - Japanese climbing fern.

Lygodium palmatum - American climbing fern.

Lygodium microphyllum - Old World climbing fern.

Lygodium japonicum is a species of fern that is known by the common name Japanese climbing fern.

A patch of climbing fern, a large stand of sweetleaf, and the rare large witch-alder grow on the preserve.

Schizaeaceae (climbing ferns)

Some species of Stenochlaena are common as climbing ferns in South-East Asian rainforests.

Pyrrosia eleagnifolia, commonly known as the leather-leaf fern is a climbing fern found in New Zealand.

The same can be said for other members of the cissus clan, as well as for mandevillas, ivies, asparagus vines and climbing ferns.

An introduced species in North America, Japanese climbing fern was first recorded as being established in Georgia in 1903.

Japanese climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) was added to the Florida Noxious Weed List in 1999.

The species that is causing the most impediment to restoration is the Old World climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum), introduced in 1965.

Old World climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum) infests cypress swamps and other hydric sites, forming a monoculture.

It is native to Australia, but attempts have been made to introduce it to southern Florida as a biological control agent for Old World climbing fern.

"Tree ferns, climbing ferns, filmy ferns, shoestring ferns, they are all here, in unparalleled diversity."

These exhibit a variety of forms, from stereotypical feather-shaped tufted ferns and tree ferns to less typical filmy, leafy and climbing ferns.

One example of a plant species that has spread abnormally is the Old World Climbing Fern (Lygodium microphyllum (Cav.)

Unlike most species in the genus, this one, called the climbing fern or Hartford fern (after Hartford, Connecticut, is extremely hardy in temperate zones.

The Old World climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum) may be causing the most harm to restoration as it blankets areas thickly, making it impossible for animals to pass through.

Several ferns are noxious weeds or invasive species, including Japanese climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum), mosquito fern and sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis).

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.

Species Profile- Japanese Climbing Fern (Lygodium japonicum), National Invasive Species Information Center, United States National Agricultural Library.

Some Lygodium species are now considered a very problematic invasive weeds in the southeastern United States.

One odd group of vining plants is the fern genus Lygodium, called climbing ferns.

Lygodium microphyllum has become naturalized in the Caribbean and the southeastern United States.

Lygodium microphyllum has been used locally in folk medicine to treat skin ailments, swelling and dysentery.

Lygodium digitatum - China.

Lygodium japonicum - Japanese climbing fern.

Lygodium salicifolium - Southern China south to northern Australasia.

Lygodium trifurcatum - Tropical southeast Asia south to northern Australasia.

Lygodium microphyllum - Old World climbing fern.

Lygodium yunnanense - Southern China.

Lygodium articulatum - Tropical southeast Asia.

Lygodium japonicum is a species of fern that is known by the common name Japanese climbing fern.

Genera historically treated as belonging to this family include Anemia, Lygodium, and Mohria.

Lygodium reticulatum - Australia, Polynesia.

Lygodium japonicum, which is a vine-like fern, can be an invasive species and after time can become the most prevalent species in an area.

The larvae feed on Adiantum, Lygodium, Pellaea and Nephrolepis species.

One example of a plant species that has spread abnormally is the Old World Climbing Fern (Lygodium microphyllum (Cav.)

Populations of Lygodium have increased more than 12-fold over the past decade--as can be seen on IFAS's SRFer Mapserver.

Lygodium microphyllum is another species that threatens the survival of Actinostachys pennula and has pushed it out of many tree islands where Actinostachys pennula is usually found.

Species Profile- Japanese Climbing Fern (Lygodium japonicum), National Invasive Species Information Center, United States National Agricultural Library.

Some of the invasive species, like the Australian pine, Brazilian pepper trees, the fern called lygodium and melaleuca, a eucalyptus-like tree planted by the tens of thousands because its thirsty roots helped drain the soil, are likely to be vulnerable to hurricane winds.

Lygodium microphyllum (commonly known as, variously, climbing maidenhair fern, Old World climbing fern, small-leaf climbing fern, or snake fern) is a climbing fern originating in tropical Africa, South East Asia, Melanesia and Australia.