Hart's-tongue fern
Asplenium scolopendrium L. [Aspleniaceae]
Kotaniwatari (コタニワタリ, 小谷渡)
Etymology: scolopendra = centipede in Greek
Life form: evergreen fern
Distribution: Africa - Europe - Asia (Korea, Japan, and Sakhalin) - eastern North America (scattered) (discontinuous distribution)
Habitat: mesic broad-leaved forest
Synonyms
Phyllitis scolopendrium (L.) Newman
Asplenium scolopendrium in Hokkaido
[Left] a foliage. [Center] close-up of the base of frond. [Right] sori. On the north slope of Mount Sankaku, Sapporo City, On April 17 2010.