I'm thrilled to have a native hart's tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) in my garden. It's unique in having an entire, undivided leaf, unlike other ferns in the U.K.
We've spotted it growing in a number of other places too. In this next photo, the transverse lines down the whole length of the strap-shaped leaves, where the spores develop, can easily be seen from below.
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| Photo: D. Schultz |
Another fern of note, not growing in my garden, but visible nearby on the sides of the pilgrim track to the well above our property, is the deer fern (also called hard fern: Blechnum spicant). I was so excited to discover that it's an ancient-woodland-indicator plant hard-fern.
This lovely fern guide has been so helpful
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