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monarch climbing fern
Lygodium venustum
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Japanese climbing fernLygodium japonicum
Climbing MaidenhairLygodium microphyllum
- Pestalotiopsis maculans
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Mexico | 290 |
|---|---|
| Brazil | 69 |
| Oaxaca | 58 |
| Chiapas | 57 |
| Jalisco | 41 |
| Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | 33 |
| Nayarit | 30 |
| Costa Rica | 29 |
| Colombia | 28 |
| Panama | 27 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
- Fern growth formListed by a harvested source as belonging to the fern plant group.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Ferns · Polypodiopsida |
| Order | Schizaeales |
| Family | climbing ferns · Lygodiaceae |
| Genus | climbing ferns · Lygodium |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise monarch climbing fern with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.