Asplenium scolopendrium

= Phyllitis scolopendrium

Hart's Tongue Fern
  • Undivided leaves from 15 to 60 cm in length, tufted
  • Glossy blades, light green, slightly leathery, with wavy margins
  • Elongated sori, resulting from the merging of 2 of them
  • Scaly stalk

ASPLENIACEAE

genus asplenium
  • Cool rocky woods, with moist air, slopes, wet boulders, sheltered foot of cliffs
  • Limestone derived soil, up to an altitude of 1500 m

  • Growth in spring, fructification in summer, disappearing the next spring
  • Common in Vercors