Identifying
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Douglas Hunt on Aug 07, 2013As Rhonda says, it's really impossible to tell from the photo. Most climbing ferns, however, are bad news. Japanese climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) and Old World climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum) are marching across Florida and the Gulf states. There is one native, Lygodium palmatum, which does not have the invasive tendencies of its cousins.Helpful Reply
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Katie Price on Aug 08, 2013Douglas Hunt is right. The trick is to figure which one you have. I would err on the side of caution and get rid of it. There are plenty of other climbers you can grow on a trellis that aren't an invasive risk.Helpful Reply
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Susan White on Aug 08, 2013actually it isn't invasive at all. Stays in just the spot it is in and it is so very lacy it is quite beautiful...Helpful Reply
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Mary Miranda on Aug 08, 2013Would like to see a better and clearer picture to ID it, please?Helpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Aug 09, 2013Susan, the problem with these ferns is that you only think they are staying in their spot. The wind carries the spores meaning you may not see the many more of them coming up. I really do not know what the status of them is in North Carolina, but in both Florida and Alabama they are on the march, smothering pines and everything else in their way.Helpful Reply
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Susan White on Aug 09, 2013Interesting thought. I have been here 40 years and it has not spread unless I divide it and I have not seen it anywhere. I am a pretty avid gardener and just haven't seen it . That is why I was trying to identify it.Helpful Reply
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Susan White on Aug 09, 2013I sent a better one yesterday... hope you can find it...Helpful Reply
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F.a. Arthur on Aug 10, 2013i agree with getting rid of it as it a Chinese climbing fern. I planted one about 10 years ago and they still are coming up(I live east of Atlanta), even though I have killed the ones I see. This fern, while very pretty, is considered extremely invasive in Florida.Helpful Reply
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