Lygodium palmatum (Bernhardi) Swartz. American Climbing Fern, Hartford Fern. Phen: Jul-Sep. Hab: Bogs, moist thickets, swamp forests, sandstone outcrops, roadside ditches and roadbanks, in strongly acid soils. Dist: NH, VT, NY, and MI south to SC, n. GA, and n. AL, widely scattered except in the Cumberland Plateau of KY, TN, and AL, where it is most common
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Syn: = C, F, Fl1, FNA2, G, K1, K3, K4, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S13, Sf, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV
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