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Plants of the Fraser Coast Region

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Lygodium japonicum     (Thunb.) Sw.

This introduced vine or climber is commonly known as Japanese climbing fern.

Lygodium japonicum is described as a "fern" in the Lygodiaceae family.

In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.

Reported at Tiaro on Mary River bank https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/102919119. Nearest record in Kin Kin area to the south of the Fraser Coast region.  

It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.

Reported at 1 Fraser Coast locality: Tiaro.


Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.


             AVH

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