slewison
Natchez, Mississippi, USA
Natchez, Mississippi, USA
almost 6 years ago
Lygodium Japonicum aka Japanese climbing fern (JCF) looks like a delicate cascade of ferny fractals. I had never seen anything like it aside from a floral display. Its frilly layers wind up and down trees and structures like so much kudzu dressed up for a prom. The webs say JCF was imported into florida as an ornamental in 1930. As it tolerates both low shade and cold weather, it is highly successful in forests and cypress swamps/my discovery of a small -what can one say- "stand"?- in Natchez MS seems to indicate it continues to spread.