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Last updated: October 11, 2002
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Can they "Kill" the Restoration Effort?
Poster presented May 1999, at the South Florida Restoration Science Forum
New Invasive in South
Florida
Old World Climbing Fern, Lygodium microphyllum
(Click on the photos below for a
larger version.)
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Lygodium microphyllum is a
fern native to the Old World, including Africa, Asia and Australia.
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Lygodium
escaped cultivation in the 1960s and is quickly spreading throughout southern
Florida.
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Distribution
What is known:
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Climbs trees and shrubs - smothers native
vegetation
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Provides a ladder for fire to reach tree canopies
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We are Studying:
Lygodium's Life History Strategies
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Seasonality in Spore Production
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Growth rates under different environmental
conditions
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For Further Information
Contact: Dr. John Volin or Mike Lott, 954/236-1115 or 954/236-1157, Florida
Atlantic University |
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