Hart's-tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium / Phyllitis scolopendrium

Features

A popular ornamental species, especially in shady, rocky places. It is one of the few European ferns that has undivided leaves. Quite common in the hilly parts of Slovenia, otherwise rare.

Species	Perrenial
Living space	Clean or mixed forest, Conifer forest, Dark forest, Deciduous forest, Mixed forest
Size	15-60 cm

Description

The plants are unusual in being ferns with simple, undivided fronds. The tongue-shaped leaves have given rise to the common name "Hart's tongue fern"; a hart being an adult male red deer. The sori pattern is reminiscent of a centipede's legs, and scolopendrium is Latin for "centipede". The leaves are 10–60 cm long and 3–6 cm broad, with sori arranged in rows perpendicular to the rachis.