Accession Data:
Lygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw.
- Common Name: Hartford Fern
- Family: Lygodiaceae
- Synonym(s): Gisopteris palmata Bernh.
- Country of Origin: eastern USA
- Habitat: Open sites in moist, acidic woods
- 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
- Source: American Fern Society spore bank
- Provenance:
Brian Aikins, American Fern Society spore bank, AFS 1266. Spore sown Mar 22 2021
- Accession Date: 12-30-2021
- Bench: 2311 - New Zealand/Australia
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 3 confirmed on 07-29-2024
Classification:
- Division: Ferns
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- SubClass: Polypodiidae
- Order: Schizaeales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Lygodiaceae
- SubFamily:
- Tribe:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Connecticut / Indiana / Masachusettes / Michigan / New Hampshire / New Jersey / New York / Ohio / Pennsylvania / Rhode I. / Vermont / West Virginia / Alabama / Delaware / Georgia / Kentucky / Louisiana / Maryland / Mississippi / North Carolina / South Carolina / Tennessee / Virginia
References (external):
- Native Plant Trust: GoBotany page on Lygodium palmatum accessed Dec 30 2021.
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