Some of the invasive species, like the Australian pine, Brazilian pepper trees, the fern called lygodium and melaleuca, a eucalyptus-like tree planted by the tens of thousands because its thirsty roots helped drain the soil, are likely to be vulnerable to hurricane winds.
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""'Lygodium " "'( "'climbing fern "') is a genus of about 40 species of ferns, native to tropical regions across the world, with a few temperate species in eastern Asia and eastern North America.
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Many ferns only grow within specific pH ranges; for instance, the climbing fern ( " Lygodium palmatum " ) of eastern North America will only grow in moist, intensely acid soils, while the bulblet bladder fern ( " Cystopteris bulbifera " ), with an overlapping range, is only found on limestone.
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Thousands of exotic plant species have been observed in South Florida, usually introduced as ornamental landscaping, but park staff must eradicate such invasive plants as melaleuca tree ( " Melaleuca quinquenervia " ), Brazilian pepper ( " Schinus terebinthifolius " ), and Old World climbing fern ( " Lygodium microphyllum " ).
