| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lygodiaceae | Lygodiaceae | Climbing Fern Family |  | ||
| Lygodiaceae | Lygodium | Climbing Fern |  | ||
| Lygodiaceae | Lygodium japonicum | Japanese Climbing Fern | Disturbed areas. | Native of e. and s. Asia. Described in Small (1913a) as "escaped from cultivation along roadsides near Thomasville, Georgia". |  |
| Lygodiaceae | Lygodium microphyllum | Old World Climbing Fern, Small-leaf Climbing Fern | Swamps, hammocks, disturbed areas. | Native of se. Asia. This plant is a noxious weed in the FL peninsula, where it is documented as far north as Pasco, Marion, Lake, and Volusia counties. Reported for Baldwin County, AL (Yawn et al. 2024). | |
| Lygodiaceae | Lygodium palmatum | American Climbing Fern, Hartford Fern | Bogs, moist thickets, swamp forests, sandstone outcrops, roadside ditches and roadbanks, in strongly acid soils. | NH, VT, NY, and MI south to SC, n. GA, and n. AL, widely scattered in its distribution except in the Cumberland Plateau of KY, TN, and AL, where it is most common. |  |