Monarch climbing fern (Lygodium venustum)

Monarch climbing fern, a reference photo — Photo: Gaiacoyote · CC0 (licence)

Lygodium venustum, with no widely used common name other than climbing fern, which is applicable to all species of the genus Lygodium, is a fern native to tropical parts the Americas.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Monarch climbing fern being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Lygodium flexuosum
Lygodium japonicum
Lygodium volubile
Lygodium reticulatum

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Schizaeales
Family: Lygodiaceae
Genus: Lygodium
Species: Lygodium venustum

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