174 LYGODIUM 



CLIMBING FERN: Lygodium palmatum. 



Fronds climbing or twining, 12 to 40 inches 

 long^ with short, alternate branches scattered along 

 the stipe, each branch forked and bearing a pair of 

 leaflets or frondlets, which are divided into 4 to 7 

 finger-like lobes. 



Fertile portion borne near the summit of the 

 fronds, several times forked, the lobes contracted 

 and forming small clusters. 



Found locally in moist thickets and open woods, 

 from New Hampshire to Florida, Tennessee and 

 Kentucky. 



