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May be a fern - ID'd by Oron as the climbing Lygodium japonicum

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violapinnata

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May be a fern - ID'd by Oron as the climbing Lygodium japonicum
« on: December 11, 2013, 05:15:51 PM »
I think this can be a fern but...The photos were taken in a garden in Menton (France) can anyone help me? Thanks in advance
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Re: May be a fern to be ID
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2013, 06:31:27 PM »
It is a climbing fern: Lygodium japonicum

I have a plant which is 21 years old! it has been growing in the same pot all this period of time.
Here it dies back each winter to make new grouth in spring, despite its delicate appearence it is a tough plant that became a weed in some parts of the world.
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violapinnata

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Re: May be a fern to be ID
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2013, 06:37:31 PM »
Really many many thank Oron!!! As you can see here in the (relatively) warm mediterranean winter it seem very well even in this unfavourable season.
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Re: May be a fern to be ID
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2013, 07:40:24 AM »
That's a really impressive id Oron. Do your skills run through lower plants as well as all the upper ones? Ferns always seem so difficult to sort. And as for lichens! Perhaps fungi can be understood with a lot of patience.
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