sthxélem

sthxélem - deer fern

Hul’q’umi’num’ Name: sthxélem

Taxon Name: Struthiopteris spicant

“Common” Name: deer fern

Cultural Values:

Ecological Community: Anthropogenic

Wikipedia summary:
Struthiopteris spicant, syn. Blechnum spicant, is a species of fern in the family Blechnaceae, known by the common names hard-fern or deer fern. It is native to Europe, western Asia, northern Africa, and western North America. Like some other species in the family Blechnaceae, it has two types of leaves. The sterile leaves have flat, wavy-margined leaflets 5 to 8 millimeters

Observational Data:
First reported: 2010-05-22
Source: Hunterston
Last reported: 2010-05-22
Source: Hunterston
Obervation count: 1