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Hart's Tongue Fern

Ferns and Fern Allies

Harts tongue fern is a fern native to shaded, damp limestone woodlands and rocky crevices across Europe and parts of Asia and North America, distinguished from most ferns by its simple, strap-shaped, undivided fronds rather than the finely divided fronds typical of the group. Its long, leathery, evergreen leaves grow in dense clusters directly from a short rootstock. On the underside of mature fronds, rows of narrow brown spore clusters run in parallel lines, giving the reverse of the leaf a distinctive herringbone pattern.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Used in Traditional Medicine 1

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G4 Apparently Secure 3

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

Scientific Name

Asplenium scolopendrium 1

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Wikidata: Hart's Tongue Fern

In Biome

Temperate Forest

Source Plants For A Future: Asplenium scolopendrium

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Sources

1. Wikipedia: Asplenium scolopendrium

Wikipedia

Wikidata Q1130272 (P225 taxon name)
lead sentence (diet), EntityId 316729
Asplenium scolopendrium, commonly known as the hart's-tongue fern, is an evergreen fern in the family Aspleniaceae native to the Northern Hemisphere.
article text (relationship to people), EntityId 316729
This fern was used in the 1800s as a medicinal plant in folk medicine as a spleen tonic (hence an archaic name for the genus, "spleenworts") and for other uses.
Conservation
The most recent International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assessment for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species was conducted in 2016, with the conservation status of Asplenium scolopendrium being listed as being a species of Least Concern (LC).

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2. GBIF Species API

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3. NatureServe Explorer: Asplenium scolopendrium

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "G4"

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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Polypodiales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12392

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12392

"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"

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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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Wikidata: Hart's Tongue Fern

Wikidata Q1130272, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Child Taxon Of: Asplenium, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)

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Plants For A Future: Asplenium scolopendrium

Plants For A FutureIn Biome: Temperate Forest, Habitats

Quote, In Biome: Temperate Forest, Habitats

Moist banks and walls ... rocks in damp shady places in woodlands ... often on lime-rich soils

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