Common name: Hartford Fern
Family: Lygodiaceae
Synonym(s): <i>Gisopteris palmata</i> Bernh.
Country of Origin: eastern USA
Description: The only climbing fern native to the USA. Hartford Fern was the first rare plant ever protected by law in the United States, by the state of Connecticut in 1869.
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Source: American Fern Society spore bank
Provenance:
Brian Aikins, American Fern Society spore bank, AFS 1266. Spore sown Mar 22 2021
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Classification:
- Division: Ferns
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- SubClass: Polypodiidae
- Order: Schizaeales
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- Family: Lygodiaceae
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References:
Native Plant Trust: GoBotany page on Lygodium palmatum accessed Dec 30 2021.
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