Order: Polypodiales Family: Lygodiaceae Synonomy: Gisopteris palmatum Bernhardi Lower Taxa: None Habit: Fern, perennial, vine-like fronds with sterile paired sterile pinna low on rachis and fertile pinna (when present) at tips of fronds, creeping rootstock Habitat: Wet, acid swales, stream floodplains. Requires constant moisture, high light levels and intensely acid soil in order to thrive. Frequency: Rare Range: Inner and Outer Coastal Plain, Piedmont and Valley and … [Read more...] about Lygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw.-American Climbing Fern