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§1 Plant
Lygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw.
vernacular American climbing fern — species · Lygodiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Fern
- Family
- Lygodiaceae M. Roem.
- Genus
- Lygodium
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 194 counties across 19 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 194 counties across 19 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Bell 21013
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Elliott 21063
- Fleming 21069
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lincoln 21137
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Maryland view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Claiborne 47025
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Fentress 47049
- Grundy 47061
- Jackson 47087
- Madison 47113
- Monroe 47123
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Sullivan 47163
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- White 47185
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Augusta 51015
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Hanover 51085
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Louisa 51109
- Prince Edward 51147
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LYPA3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2650432 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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