Accession #: 199900060
Accession Date: 1999-06-08
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Family: Lygodiaceae
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Country of Origin: Japan, to the Himalayas, to Northern Australia
Description: Fern with climbing, twining fronds of indeterminate growth, to 30 m (90 ft) long; main rachis wiry, stemlike. Leafy branches off main rachis (constituting the pinnae) compound, triangular in overall outline, 10-20 cm (4-8 in) long and about as wide. Leaflets (pinnules) lobed, stalked, with terminal lobes often dissected (pinnatifid), basal lobes irregularly lobed or dissected; leaf-blade tissue pubescent below with short, curved hairs. Fertile leaflets contracted in shape, with two rows of sporangia along the leaf margin, which is enrolled to partially cover the sporangia.ked and pinnate, margins serrate.
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USDA Zone: 8a-11
Source: Deb Wiley - Virginia Tech
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warm temperate to tropical areas, listed as invasive species in the Southern United States, where it is having a significant negative impact upon native flora.