Common nameHart's-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium © Natural History Museum Latin names ClassPteridopsida OrderPolypodiales FamilyAspleniaceae GenusAsplenium Speciesscolopendrium Geographic details HabitatMaritime Soil typealkaline DistributionThroughout British Isles NativeYes General Plant heightmedium BranchedNo Plant colourmid-green Stipe descriptionpurple-black; scaly below Habitirregular cluster Conservation statusnot threatened Wikimedia Urlhttps://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Asplenium_scolopendrium Leaf details Separate fertile leavesNo Leaf shapelanceolate-linear Pinnaeno pinnae WintergreenYes Spore details HomosporeYes Rhizome details Rhizome descriptionshort stocky branching Rhizome scaleslinear-triangular pale brown Rhizome positionerect Sori details Sori shapelinear Sori descriptionin close pairs between veins Sori placehalfway rachis and margin Indusium details Indusium presentYes Indusium shapelinear Indusium descriptionmembranous