Lygodium palmatum gallery

Climbing Fern Gallery

Sterile pinnae
MA, outside PA
by Maria Pavlova on 06/13/2015
Fiddlehead
MA, outside PA
by Maria Pavlova on 06/13/2015
Withering sterile pinnae
MA, outside PA
by Maria Pavlova on 06/13/2015
Portion of frond showing terminal, fertile (left) and lower, sterile pinnae (right)e

The sterile pinnae are each divided into paired and palmately lobed pinnules. This species is considered rare in PA.

Nescopeck State Park (Luzerne Co)
by George Chamuris on 07/24/2023
Sterile, palmately lobed pinnules
Fertile pinnae
Northeast PA
by David Hand on 07/28/2022
Sterile & fertile pinnae
Northeast PA
by David Hand on 07/28/2022