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Linnaeus first gave the hart's-tongue fern the binomial Asplenium scolopendrium in his Species Plantarum of 1753. [4] The Latin specific epithet scolopendrium is derived from the Greek skolopendra, meaning a centipede or millipede; this is due to the sori pattern being reminiscent of a myriapod's legs. [5] [6]
Owing to the damp nature of the exposed rock faces in the bottom of the gullet, it has become colonised by hart's-tongue fern. To the west of the gullet, a grassland area surrounded by scrub and hedgerows supports a variety of plants including meadow vetchling and hop trefoil.
Asplenium scleroprium; Asplenium scolopendrium – hart's-tongue fern (sometimes in Phyllitis) Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum – American Hart's-tongue; Asplenium seelosii; Asplenium septentrionale – forked spleenwort, northern spleenwort; Asplenium septentrionale × trichomanes Wulf. Asplenium serra; Asplenium serratum – wild ...
Entrance to Fern Cave. Fern Cave NWR is named after the eponymous cave located in the region; in it, explorers found an abundance of American hart's-tongue ferns (Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum); in the modern day, the variation/subspecies is considered federally endangered.
Lauri Holts, the Parks and Open Spaces ecologist for the city of Eugene, said this red-brown aquatic fern, called Azolla, is often an attention-grabber for Eugenians who notice the ponds' change.
A. ruprechtii, the Asian walking fern, also possesses attenuate, proliferating tips, but has a lanceolate leaf blade, which tapers to a wedge at the base rather than forming a heart shape. [10] A. scolopendrium, the hart's-tongue fern, has larger, longer leaves that are glossy with a rounded tip. [11]