Lygodium japonicum
naturalizedLygodiaceae

Lygodium japonicum

Japanese climbing fern

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Lygodium japonicum is a species of fern that is known by the common names vine-like fern and Japanese climbing fern. It is native to eastern Asia, including Japan, Korea, southeastern Asia, and India, and eastern Australia. The fern is present in the southeastern United States and Puerto Rico as an introduced species.

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Seasonality

Only 0 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

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Where documented · 26 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 68 · GBIF 65 records
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 13 · GBIF 10
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 6
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 7
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 8
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 5
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 4
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honokāne · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Punahoa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Manukā · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Paukaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hōlualoa 3 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1