Asplenium scolopendrium

Common name

Hart's-tongue fern

Asplenium scolopendrium

© Natural History Museum

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

Wikimedia Url

https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Asplenium_scolopendrium

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 place

halfway rachis and margin

Indusium details

Indusium present

Yes

Indusium shape

linear

Indusium description

membranous