Accession Data
Lygodium palmatum
Common Name: Hartford Fern
Family: Lygodiaceae
Synonym(s): Gisopteris palmata 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.
Accession Data
Accession #: 202100173
Accession Date: 2021-12-30 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 2311
Quantity: 3
Source: American Fern Society spore bank
Provenance:
Brian Aikins, American Fern Society spore bank, AFS 1266. Spore sown Mar 22 2021
Classification
Division: Ferns
Class: Polypodiopsida
Subclass: Polypodiidae
Order: Schizaeales
Family: Lygodiaceae
References
- Native Plant Trust: GoBotany page on Lygodium palmatum accessed Dec 30 2021.
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