Scientific Name:
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Pronunciation:
pol-ee-PODE-ee-um gly-ky-RY-zuh
Common Name:
licorice fern
Family Name:
Polypodiaceae
Plant Type:
Fern
Key ID Features:
Small epiphytic fern that grows primarily on older mossy big-leaf maples trunks in mature forests.
Habit:
Arching, Epiphytic
Form:
Weeping
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
0.2 - 0.4m
Mature Spread:
0.1 - 0.3m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Exposure:
Filtered shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Landscape Uses:
Ground cover, Woodland margin
Additional Info:
Google. Grown primarily on older mossy big-leaf maples trunks in mature forests, but is on the black walnut tree on campus.
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Compound, Fern-like
Arrangement:
Basal
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible
Surfaces:
Glabrous
Colour in Summer:
Dark-green
Colour in Fall:
Yellow
Shapes:
Elliptic
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Hastate
Margins:
Pinnately lobed
Inflorescence Type:
Flower Morphology:
Colour (petals):
No flowers
Flower Time at Peak:
Fruit Type:
Sporangium (spores)
Fruit Colour:
Yellow
Fruiting Time:
Bark or Stem Colour:
Green
Additional Info:
rhizomes thick and knobby in tree bark fissures
Organ Modifications:
Rhizomes
Pest Susceptibility:
(Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Drought tolerant)
Course(s):
- not used (on campus)
Location(s):
- (JPL) Juglans PLanting : on the black walnut tree
- (ONW) Overpass North side West : cv. Licorice , Divisilobum