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ʻO ka huaʻōlelo "fern" mai ke kumu like me ka "hulu," akā ʻaʻole nā ​​​​ferns a pau he hulu hulu.Hiki ke kuhi hewa ʻia kekahi o ko mākou wahi he ivy.ʻO ka fern piʻi ʻAmelika i kapa maikaʻi ʻia he mau ʻōmaʻomaʻo me nā "lau" liʻiliʻi e like me ka lima (ʻo ka huaʻōlelo ʻenehana ʻo "pinnules").Piʻi nā lau o kēia fern a poʻi iā lākou iho i nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe, kahi maʻamau e like ai lākou me nā ivies a me nā kumu waina o nā mea kanu pua.

Ma ʻaneʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o New England, kokoke mākou i ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka laulima o kēia ʻano, akā aia ia ma ka ʻāina ma nā ʻāpana.Hiki ke ʻike pono ʻia ka fern i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma nā wahi like, e kū ana i waho i ka hoʻoilo i ka wā i mae ka nui o nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe.E kiaʻi iā ia ma ka ʻaoʻao noho, ʻoi aku ma kahi o ka wai.

Hōʻike maikaʻi ka inoa ʻepekema o ka fern i kona ʻano.ʻO ka inoa genus ʻo Lygodium, mai ka aʻa Helene, e pili ana i ka maʻalahi o ka mea kanu i kona wili ʻana a puni kāna mau mea kanu kākoʻo, a ʻo ka inoa ʻano ʻano palmatum e pili ana i ka like o nā ʻāpana lau me ka lima hāmama.

E like me nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole, ua loaʻa iā ia nā inoa Pelekane he nui: "Alice's fern" a me "Watson's fern" mahalo paha i nā poʻe i pili i ka mea kanu.ʻO ka "snake-tongued fern" a me ka "creeping fern" e pili ana i ka nohona viny like me ka "piʻi fern."ʻO ka hoihoi kūloko nā inoa ʻo "Windsor fern" a me ka "Hartford fern," e pili ana i ka nui o ka mea kanu ma ke awāwa ʻo Connecticut River, ʻoi aku ma Connecticut.

Ua ʻohi nui ʻia nā heluna nui o ʻAmelika piʻi fern ma Connecticut i ka waena o ke kenekulia 19 no ka hoʻohana ʻana i mea hoʻonaninani hale.Ua kūʻai ʻia nā ferns i hōʻiliʻili ʻia e nā mea kūʻai alanui ma nā kūlanakauhale, a ua hōʻole ka nui o nā holoholona hihiu.ʻO ka makemake nui i nā ferns i kēlā manawa, ʻo ka poʻe hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻokalakupua e hōʻiliʻili ana i nā ferns no kā lākou herbaria, nā poʻe e ulu ana i nā ferns i loko o nā ipu aniani i ko lākou mau home, a me nā mea hoʻolale e hoʻohana ana i nā ferns maoli a me nā kumu fern i kaha ʻia a i kālai ʻia paha ma nā wahi he nui.Ua loaʻa i ka fern fad kona inoa ponoʻī - pteridomania.

I ka wā e emi mai ana ko kākou ʻāina piʻi ʻana, ʻelua mau ʻano ʻano piʻi piʻi ʻana o ka Honua Kahiko i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka ʻaoʻao hema o ʻAmelika ma ke ʻano he mau mea hoʻonaninani - Old World climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum) a me Japanese climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) — ua lilo i invasive.Hiki i kēia mau ʻano i hoʻokomo ʻia ke hoʻololi koʻikoʻi i nā kaiāulu mea kanu maoli.I kēia manawa, he liʻiliʻi wale nō ma waena o nā pae o ke kamaʻāina a me nā ferns piʻi invasive.I ka lilo ʻana o nā ʻano mea i hoʻokomo ʻia, a ʻo ka hoʻomehana honua e hiki ai iā lākou ke neʻe i ka ʻākau, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilina ma waena o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a me nā ferns exotic.Ma waho aʻe o ke ʻano invasive o nā ʻano mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo kekahi mea hopohopo e pili ana i nā iniseti a i ʻole nā ​​mea ola ʻē aʻe i hoʻokomo ʻia e hoʻomalu i nā ʻano invasive hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka mea kanu maoli, me nā hopena hiki ʻole i ka hiki ke ola.

Inā hele wāwae ʻoe i ka ululāʻau i kēia hoʻoilo, e makaʻala i kēia fern ʻokoʻa, e like me ka ivy.Inā ʻike ʻoe iā ia, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomanaʻo iā ʻoe iho i ka mōʻaukala o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano meaʻai a me ka pale kānāwai ma hope.E noʻonoʻo i ka hāʻawi ʻana o kahi mea kanu hoʻokahi i ka puka makani i nā pilikia paʻakikī o ka biology conservation.I kēia hoʻoilo, e kipa aku au i "koʻu" lehulehu o ʻAmelika piʻi fern, kekahi o kaʻu mea kanu punahele, a ke manaʻolana nei au e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa e ʻimi ai i kāu ponoʻī.