The Old World climbing fern, Lygodium microphyllum, is a species of fern native to tropical Africa, Southeast Asia, Melanesia and Australia, distinguished by long, vining fronds that climb over other vegetation rather than growing upright. Introduced to Florida, it has become an aggressive invasive weed there, smothering open forest and wetland habitats by forming dense mats over native plants.
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Source Lygodium microphyllum (Wikidata)
In Biome
Source Lygodium microphyllum (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Angola, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bangladesh, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Benin, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Burundi, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Cambodia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Cameroon, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Central African Republic, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Chad, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Democratic Republic of the Congo, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Equatorial Guinea, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Fiji, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Gabon, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Gambia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Georgia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Ghana, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Guinea, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Guinea-Bissau, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Guyana, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: India, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Jamaica, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Kenya, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Laos, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Liberia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Mali, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Mauritius, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Mozambique, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Myanmar, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Nepal, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Nigeria, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Palau, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Philippines, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Senegal, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Sierra Leone, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: South Africa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: South America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: South Asia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Sri Lanka, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Taiwan, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Tanzania, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Thailand, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Uganda, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United States, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Vietnam, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Zambia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Zimbabwe, found in there.
Sources
1. Old World Climbing Fern (Wikipedia)
- an invasive weed in Florida where it invades open forest and wetland areas
- infobox status=LC
View the Source2. GBIF Species API
3. Lygodium microphyllum (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q5235063 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Pteridophyta, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
- In Biome: Wetlands, Introduction
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