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A Frond Of The Licorice Root Fern
As a child I can remember a friend bringing the rhizome of this fern to school (I must of been 8 years old) for me to chew on. Yes, it does taste like licorice. The sori on the underside will release the spores later in fall when it is cool and humid.
''Polypodium glycyrrhiza'', commonly known as licorice fern, many-footed fern, and sweet root, is a summer deciduous fern native to western North America, primarily in a narrow strip in southern Alaska, southwestern Yukon Territory, western British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California, though two highly disjunct populations are known from Idaho and Arizona. It thrives in a humid climate, prevailing in areas with cool and moist summers and warm and wet winters. ''P. glycyrrhiza'' can often.. more
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