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§1 Plant
Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw.
vernacular Japanese climbing fern — species · Lygodiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Fern
- Family
- Lygodiaceae M. Roem.
- Genus
- Lygodium
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
County-level range
· 175 counties across 9 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 175 counties across 9 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Baker 12003
- Bradford 12007
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gulf 12045
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Leon 12073
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Orange 12095
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 25 I ▾
- Baker 13007
- Berrien 13019
- Bibb 13021
- Brooks 13027
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Colquitt 13071
- Decatur 13087
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Evans 13109
- Grady 13131
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Lee 13177
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- Miller 13201
- Mitchell 13205
- Pierce 13229
- Richmond 13245
- Seminole 13253
- Sumter 13261
- Thomas 13275
- Ware 13299
Louisiana view state ↗ 53 I ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Plaquemines 22075
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 21 I ▾
- Amite 28005
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Jackson 28059
- Jefferson 28063
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Lauderdale 28075
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Walthall 28147
- Washington 28151
- Wilkinson 28157
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LYJA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2650436 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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