Blechnaceae
Swamp vine fern
Stenochlaena palustris
- Family
- Blechnaceae
- Genus
- Stenochlaena
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- ستينوكلينا المستنقعات
- Assamese
- ৰঙা ঢেকীয়া
- bjn
- Kalakai
- Chinese
- 光叶藤蕨, 海南光叶藤蕨
- English
- Swamp vine fern
- Filipino
- Diliman, Hagnaya
- iba
- Kemiding
- Indonesian
- Lemidi
- mad
- Lambhibing
- Malay
- Lembiding
- min
- Paku limbèh
- Sundanese
- Paku hurang
- Thai
- ลำเท็ง
- Tongan
- Pasivaka
Synonyms
- Acrostichum laurifolium (C.Presl) Hook.
- Acrostichum palustre (Burm.f.) C.B.Clarke
- Acrostichum palustre (Burm.f.) C.B.Clarke
- Acrostichum scandens (J.Sm.) Hook.
- Chrysodium palustre (Burm.f.) Luerss.
- Lomaria haenkeana C.Presl
- Lomaria juglandifolia C.Presl
- Lomaria scandens Willd.
- Lomaria scandens Hook.f. & Baker
- Lomariopsis fraxinifolia (C.Presl) Ettingsh.
- Lomariopsis palustris (Burm.f.) Kuhn
- Lomariopsis scandens Mett.
- Olfersia scandens C.Presl
- Onoclea scandens Sw.
- Polypodium palustre Burm.f.
- Pteris scandens Roxb.
- Stenochlaena blumeana C.Presl
- Stenochlaena fraxinifolia C.Presl
- Stenochlaena hainanensis Ching & P.S.Chiu
- Stenochlaena juglandifolia C.Presl
- Stenochlaena laurifolia C.Presl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Wibowo Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: portioid, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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Photo: Dat Nguyen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Barbara Parris, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Al Kordesch, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: renjus box, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: renjus box, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.