Lygodiaceae
Willow-leaved climbing fern
Lygodium salicifolium
- Family
- Lygodiaceae
- Genus
- Lygodium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 柳叶海金沙, 柳葉海金沙
- English
- Willow-leaved climbing fern
Synonyms
- Lygodium andamanicum R.D.Dixit, J.B.Bhandari & R.Mukhop.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Beah Vega, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.