Common Name: American Climbing Fern

Family: Lygodiaceae

Description: The fronds of this vinelike fern can be seen twisting around saplings or shrubs. The paired leaflets are lobed smiliar to maple leaves. The spore cases are in small pockets on the smaller leaflets at the tip of the fern. Grows in wet woods and bogs.

Distribution: al,ct,de,ga,in,ky,me,md,ma,mi,ms,nh,nj,ny,
nc,oh,pa,ri,sc,tn,vt,va,wv