Asplenium scolopendrium

Common name

Hart's-tongue fern

Asplenium scolopendrium Hart

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Latin names

Class	Pteridopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Aspleniaceae
Genus	Asplenium
Species	scolopendrium

Geographic details

Habitat	Maritime
Soil type	alkaline
Distribution	Throughout British Isles
Native	Yes

General

Plant height	medium
Branched	No
Plant colour	mid-green
Stipe description	purple-black; scaly below
Habit	irregular cluster
Conservation status	not threatened

Leaf details

Separate fertile leaves	No
Leaf shape	lanceolate-linear
Pinnae	no pinnae
Wintergreen	Yes

Spore details

homospore

Yes

Rhizome details

Rhizome description	short stocky branching
Rhizome scales	linear-triangular pale brown
Rhizome position	erect

Sori details

Sori shape	linear
Sori description	in close pairs between veins
Sori placement	halfway rachis and margin

Indusium details

indusium present	Yes
indus_shape	linear
indusium description	membranous