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Aspleniaceae
Hart's Tongue Fern
Asplenium scolopendrium
fascination.
- Family
- Aspleniaceae
- Genus
- Asplenium
- Native to
- Europe, Eastern North America, Eastern Asia
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Type
- fern (evergreen perennial)
- Height
- 12-18 inches
- Sunlight
- partial shade to full shade
- Soil
- moist, alkaline, humus-rich
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 5-9
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Hart's tongue fern does not produce flowers at all; it reproduces via spores in linear sori on the undersides of its fronds.
- Unlike most ferns with divided fronds, hart's tongue has simple, undivided, strap-shaped leaves that look like green tongues.
- The name 'hart's tongue' refers to the resemblance of the fronds to a deer's (hart's) tongue.
- It is one of only a handful of fern species that prefer alkaline limestone soils rather than acidic conditions.
- In medieval Europe, hart's tongue fern was used medicinally to treat liver and spleen ailments.
Color meanings
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sincerity
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shelter
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fascination