Vine ID

[DBaird]

East Tennessee, Jan 7, 2012, elevation 1600', growing on the north side of a slope.

 

[swamprat]

It could be a wild cucumber vine.

 

[Old Forester]

It could be a wild cucumber vine.

Good call. (Without flowers or fruit)
O.F.

 

[swamprat]

Good call. (Without flowers or fruit)
O.F.

Thanks Old Forester. I had to really look close and wasn't 100% sure I called it right.

 

[edibleplantguy]

Greetings All,

I don't believe you have a cucumber family plant here folks. Firstly, and please correct me if you know of an exception, the Cucurbitaceae have hardly anyone who is perennial at temperate latitude, who would still be in leaf at this time of year even given this mild winter and being in Tennessee.

I believe that you have an excellent photo of an American climbing fern Lygodium palmatum. There is not much written about the American climbing fern being eaten, but Tanaka lists a half dozen species in the genus Lygodium that are edible in the fiddlehead stage (cooked) from other countries. These fiddleheads are very small however, and it will take plenty to make a sandwich.

Thanks for reading,

edibleplantguy

 

[Old Forester]

Hay Swamp Rat, I think Plant Eater got it right.
Thanks Edibleplantguy
Someone, once, gave me a jar of fiddle neck ferns as a Christmas present. My boss, who was Australian said. "Oh, you have, Lawn Clippings"
O.F.

 

[swamprat]

Hay Swamp Rat, I think Plant Eater got it right.
Thanks Edibleplantguy
Someone, once, gave me a jar of fiddle neck ferns as a Christmas present. My boss, who was Australian said. "Oh, you have, Lawn Clippings"
O.F.

I will defer to the two of you. I was really stretching for the plant, but vines are not my thing.

 

[WestrnBushcrft]

Greetings All,

I don't believe you have a cucumber family plant here folks. Firstly, and please correct me if you know of an exception, the Cucurbitaceae have hardly anyone who is perennial at temperate latitude, who would still be in leaf at this time of year even given this mild winter and being in Tennessee.

I believe that you have an excellent photo of an American climbing fern Lygodium palmatum. There is not much written about the American climbing fern being eaten, but Tanaka lists a half dozen species in the genus Lygodium that are edible in the fiddlehead stage (cooked) from other countries. These fiddleheads are very small however, and it will take plenty to make a sandwich.

Thanks for reading,

edibleplantguy

How do you do it????

 

[Trapper]

Definitely Climbing Fern, Lygodium palmatum.