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|accepted_name=Lygodium palmatum
|accepted_authority=(Bernhardi) Swartz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syn. Fil.
|place=154. 1806
|year=1806
}}
|common_names=Hartford fern;American climbing fern;creeping fern;Windsor fern
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Gisopteris palmata
|authority=Bernhardi
|rank=species
|publication_title=J. Bot. (Schrader)
|publication_place=1800(2): 129, plate 2(1). 1801
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Lygodiaceae;Lygodium;Lygodium palmatum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lygodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lygodium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lygodium palmatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 115
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>long-creeping. <b>Leaves</b> to ca. 3 m. <b>Petioles</b> borne 1-4 cm apart, 9-15 cm. <b>Sterile</b> pinnae on 1-2 cm stalks, very broadly ovate, deeply and palmately 3-7-lobed, 1-4 × 2-6 cm; ultimate lobes triangular-elongate to oblong; lobe apex acute to blunt or rounded; segments not articulate to petiolules, not leaving wiry stalks when detached; blade tissue pubescent abaxially with transparent hairs. <b>Fertile</b> pinnae stalked to ca. 1.5 cm, then ± irregularly 3-5-forked or lobed, ultimate divisions palmately and sometimes irregularly lobed, smaller than sterile pinnules, 2-4 × 2-8 cm, otherwise similar; ultimate segments narrowly triangular to linear-triangular.</span><!--

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|habitat=Terrestrial in woods, thickets, and bog margins in humus-rich, acid soils.
|distribution=Ala.;Conn.;Del.;Ga.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Lygodium palmatum</i> is generally local and rare except for the Cumberland Plateau of Kentucky and Tennessee where it is locally abundant in poorly drained, acidic soils, especially after disturbance (J. M. Shaver 1954; R. Cranfill 1980). Other authors have reported this species from Florida (O. Lakela and R. W. Long 1976), but I have not seen specimens (C. E. Nauman 1987). This species is not tolerant of shading.</p>
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name=Lygodium palmatum
|authority=(Bernhardi) Swartz
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Gisopteris palmata
|family=Lygodiaceae
|habitat=Terrestrial in woods, thickets, and bog margins in humus-rich, acid soils.
|distribution=Ala.;Conn.;Del.;Ga.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Syn. Fil.
|publication year=1806
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Lygodium
|species=Lygodium palmatum
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