Climbing Maidenhair
Lygodium microphyllum
- Habit
- Climbing fern
- Found in India
- Kerala, Assam, Karnataka & more
How to identify Climbing Maidenhair
Identify Climbing Maidenhair by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing fern habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Small-leaved climbing fern, invasive in some regions.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Assam, Karnataka, Jammu & Kashmir and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Lygodiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Climbing Maidenhair.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Lygodium microphyllum
- Genus
- Lygodium
- Family
- Lygodiaceae
- Habit
- Climbing fern
- Habitat
- Along streams
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Found in India
- Kerala, Assam, Karnataka, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
About Climbing Maidenhair
Climbing Maidenhair (Lygodium microphyllum) is a species in the Lygodiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Assam, Karnataka and 3 other states. It grows in along streams.
Lygodiaceae
Climbing Fern Family
Climbing Maidenhair belongs to the Lygodiaceae family.
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