American Climbing Fern — Lygodium palmatum (Bernhardi) Swartz

American Climbing Fern (Lygodium palmatum)

Rare and local in North Carolina.

Hanging Rock State Park, Stokes Co., NC 7/3/09

American Climbing Fern (Lygodium palmatum)

Stokes Co., NC 7/3/09

American Climbing Fern (Lygodium palmatum)

Stokes Co., NC 7/3/09

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