Land
Management Program at Archbold Biological Station
P.O. Box 2057, Lake Placid, FL 33862
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Japanese Climbing Fern (Lygodium japonicum)
Japanese climbing fern goes through a dormant period in the winter months in which the aboveground portion of the plant dies back. The plant resprouts in the spring. Photos taken in Citrus County, Florida in August of 2003. Japanese climbing fern has been documented from one location at Archbold Biological Station.
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Japanese climbing fern pinnea are twice compound
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Variation in leaves
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Produces woody-like vine on mature plants
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Photo Credits: Jeff Hutchinson
• Hutchinson, J.T.,
August 2003.
© Archbold Biological Station, 2003 April.
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