Lygodium palmatum

Classification	Pteridophytes
Family	Lygodiaceae
Family (Traditional)	Lygodiaceae
Genus	Lygodium
Species:	Lygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw.
Common Name	American Climbing Fern; Windsor Fern
Growth Habit	fern
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BISO; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: vine - fern; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 0.5; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Rank: N/A; Leaf Type: fern-like; Leaf Venation: palmate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Margins: lobed; Leaflet Number: 20+; Anther Type: N/A; Carpel Number/Pistil: N/A; Fruit Complexity: N/A; Fruit Type: N/A; Fruit Wet/Dry: N/A; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: N/A; Inflorescence Types: N/A; Ovary Position: N/A; Overall Flower Symmetry: N/A; Ovules per Carpel: N/A; Perianth Present: No; Petal Fusion: N/A; Petal Number: N/A; Pistil Complexity: N/A; Pistil Number: N/A; Placentation Type: N/A; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: N/A; Sporangium Arrangement: marginal sori; Stamen Number: N/A; Tepal Number: N/A
C value	8
Status	Native; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G4 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Campbell (KY), Carter (KY), Elliott (KY), Fleming (KY), Garrard (KY), Harlan (KY), Jackson (KY), Knox (KY), Laurel (KY), Lawrence (KY), Lincoln (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Menifee (KY), Montgomery (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Whitley (KY), Wolfe (KY), Anderson (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Claiborne (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fentress (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Marion (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Pickett (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Union (TN), Van Buren (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: VDB, BOON, MEM, KNK, UCHT, EKY, HTTU, MDKY, UOS, ETSU, BEREA, TENN

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1892 - 2016

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0003731	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Lygodium palmatum
TENN-V-0003732	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Lygodium palmatum
TENN-V-0003733	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Lygodium palmatum
31234100020575	Bell	Kentucky	12 Aug 1989	Ralph L. Thompson 89-1314	EKY Lygodium palmatum
BEREA000352	Bell	Kentucky			BEREA Lygodium palmatum
TENN-V-0003898	Bell	Kentucky			TENN Lygodium palmatum
BRIT190872	Bledsoe	Tennessee	30 Aug 1943	Jesse M. Shaver 4019	VDB Lygodium palmatum
BRIT190871	Bledsoe	Tennessee	29 Oct 1950	Jesse M. Shaver 10752	VDB Lygodium palmatum
UOS08614	Bledsoe	Tennessee	24 May 2001	Chris A. Fleming	UOS Lygodium palmatum
TENN-V-0003735	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Lygodium palmatum

Lygodium palmatum

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