#Hart's Tongue Fern

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Wednesday 14 February 2024

Even after the storms and snow of winter this Asplenium scolopendrium (hart's tongue fern, burnt weed, buttonhole) growing in the shelter of a wall still provides a great display. There is a rosette of arching, evergreen, strap-shaped fronds. The margins are frequently undulated with the spores in conspicuous transverse stripes beneath the fronds.

Jill Raggett

[lost-harts]

May 2024

[thebashfulbotanist]

A beautiful and striking hart’s tongue fern, Asplenium scolopendrium, at Dimmingsdale Wood in Stoke-on-Trent. According to the Woodland Trust, it’s an indicator of ancient woodlands. This species grows all over the world, but is increasingly rare in a number of places, particularly in North America, due to habitat loss. It also experiences infection with Milesina scolopendrii, hart’s tongue rust, which has an unusual lifecycle similar to better-known juniper-apple rust, Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae, in that it can alternate between infecting the hart’s tongue fern and fir trees. 

Hart’s tongue fern used to be considered a medicinal “cure all”, said to help with anything from dysentery to coughs. Other ferns in its genus were called spleenworts in Europe and said to cure ailments related to the spleen, but this was just because they had spleen-shaped sori. Sympathetic magic and the doctrine of signatures, in which people believed plants would help cure ailments associated with body parts that they looked like, were popular for centuries, especially thanks to Paracelsus. Those are now recognized as pseudoscience, fortunately - many of the plants purported to have medicinal benefits due to the doctrine of signatures are toxic and/or carcinogenic. These days, hart’s tongue is used mostly as an ornamental plant, a purpose for which it is much better suited.  

[lizardsaredinosaurs]

American Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium var americanum)

Eastern USA and Canada

Status: Threatened

Threats: Logging, development, climate change

[steeleyespan]

GREEN

[rowanphotographyagain]

hart’s tongue fern

[thebotanicalarcade]

n166_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Alpen-Flora für Touristen und Pflanzenfreunde Stuttgart :Verlag für Naturkunde Sprösser & Nägele,1904. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10384144

[unkn0wnvariable]

Sunlit Fern

Sunlight falling on a hart's-tongue fern, growing on top of a limestone rock in the bottom of Twywell Gullet.

[flowercrowncrip]

I went for a walk to try and feel better and found something amazing! A group of botanists armed with pavement chalk have labelled a bunch of those tiny, easy to miss plants that grow between pavement cracks all around the town centre.

ID: a photo of a colourful chalk writing on a pavement with stone flagstones. The writing reads “#RebelBotanists chalk the names of urban plants to raise awareness of their importance. So please plant wild, pesticide free, grow your own fruit and veg. Save money, save wildlife” / end ID

ID: large writing in pavement chalk with an arrow pointing to a tiny fern with a single leaf growing in a gutter. The chalk reads “seek and you shall find… harts tongue fern. Asplenium scolopenstrium / end ID

ID: another label pointing to a long drain under a gutter with pavement chalk reading “Soleirolia soleirolii (tiny street plants whenever we look, a vital part of our living world) / end ID

This one was pointing to the tiniest plant with the smallest little round leaves.

There were a bunch more all around as well. It was great fun finding more and getting to appreciate the parts of nature that are so easy to ignore.

[histsciart]

Happy Fern Friday!

Two fabulous ferns from James Britten's European Ferns (1879-81). On the left is the Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium), and on the right is another spleenwort (Asplenium sagittatum).

These ferns were commonly called "spleenworts" because they were thought to treat disorders of the spleen based on the "Doctrine of Signatures", which held that plants that resembled the shapes of body parts were meant to treat ailments of those body parts.

View more in Biodiversity Heritage Library with thanks to Harvard University Botany Libraries for digitizing.

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Saturday 2 September 2023

On this stone wall a colony of Asplenium scolopendrium (hart's-tongue fern) have established along with a Fuchsia magellanica (hardy fuchsia). This hardy fern is normally found growing in damp, shady places in woodlands.

Jill Raggett

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

New species I’m getting this year!

Antennaria rosea (Rosy pussytoes)

Arisaema dracontium (Green dragon)

Asplenium scolopendrium (Hart’s tongue)

Calycanthus floridus (Sweetshrub)

Carex aurea (Golden sedge)

Claytonia virginica (Fairy spuds)

Echinacea pallida (Pale purple coneflower)

Equisetum hyemale (Scouring rush)

Iris setosa (Bristle-pointed iris)

Linnaea borealis (Twinflower)

Lonicera canadensis (Canadian fly honeysuckle)

Lonicera involucrata (Twinberry honeysuckle)

Osmunda claytoniana (Interrupted fern)

Passiflora incarnata (Maypop)

Pediomeleum esculentum/Psoralea esculenta (Breadroot)

Polystichum munitum (Western sword fern)

Triglochin maritma (Seaside arrowgrass)

Vaccinium macrocarpon (Large cranberry)

Viburnum acerifolium (Maple-leaved viburnum)

Viola pedata var. bicolor (Crowfoot violet)

Species I’m trying again this year after failed past attempt(s)!

Antennaria neglecta (Field pussytoes) Was planted in late summer and I was kept from watering it adequately.

Argentina anserina (Silverweed) No idea why they didn’t survive where I put them, but try, try again, elsewhere this time.

Artemisia frigida (Fringed sagebrush) First time ended up being white sage brush instead; second time plug was on its last legs on arrival, died soon after.

Chamaenerion angustifolium (Fireweed) Going to try this in yet another spot.

Dennstaedtia punctiloba (Hay-scented fern) Supposed to be aggressive! Mine was not. Maybe the one I get this year.

Dioscorea villosa (Wild yam) Planted the tuber but it never came up.

Glycyrrhiza lepidota (Wild licorice) Squirrels...Dug it up and broke the stem.

Lupinus polyphyllus (Big-leaf lupine) Leafed out nicely for its first and second year and then just didn’t come up again after its second winter.

Maianthemum racemosum (False Solomon’s seal) Squirrels! Dug it up and broke the stem.

Pteridium aquilinum latiusculum (Western bracken fern) I put it in a dry shady spot, as recommended, and it died.

Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed Susan) SQUIRRELS!!! Dug it up and while I was visiting home and it dried out. Couldn’t revive it.

Silene acaulis (Moss campion) Sunny, wet, amongst rocks. Check, check, check, but they keep dying on me.

Sisyrinchium montanum (Blue-eyed grass) Two places tried, two place died. I shall try a third place this year.

Viola pubescens (Downy yellow violet) FUCKING. SQUIRRELS. Dug it up while I was at work and left it to scorch and dry out in the sun. Couldn’t revive it.

Species I’m getting again because I’m fairly sure mine didn’t make it

Apocynum cannabinum (Hemp dogbane) It might not have gotten enough sunlight thanks to the white mulberry that grew over. I’ll try it in a different area.

Sagittaria latifolia (Duck potato) It may come up after all but I don’t want to take the chance of planting too late if it doesn’t.

Sparganium americanum (American bur-reed) Not sure why, but we’ll try again this year. And I may yet be surprised.

Symplocarpus foetidus (Skunk cabbage) It’s possible it’s just young and takes longer to come up than it would if it were more mature, but I don’t want to take chances since there’s only one place I can get them at.

[exhausted-archivist]

Raw Ingredients

Updated: 2023/12

As of now, this list is updated with everything found in media released as of Oct 2023.

Like the original, this contains all raw ingredients; edible plants, fruits, legumes, mushrooms, nuts, spices, and vegetables. If known to a specific region it is marked next to the item in parentheses, if it is not, it is either unknown or universally consumed.

For Other Food Posts

Dishes, Sauces, and Sides

Drinks

Prepared Ingredients

Canonically Possible Foods and Drinks

Food and Drink Master Post

Disclaimer

Though real life plants may be listed here as edible, it is for fictional use only. This is not intended to be used as a reference nor guide for what plants are edible or safe to eat. Please do not use it as such.

Fruits, Mushrooms, Nuts, and Vegetables

Edible Plants

Bark

Fern Fiddlehead (Avvar)

Hops

Lichen (Dwarves)

Black Lichen - Toxic unless properly cooked.

Moss (Dwarves)

Nettle

Pungent Leaves - Unspecified leaves. (Avvar)

Rose (Orlais)

Rose Petals

Rosehips

Stripweed (Tevinter)

Sugar Cane (Orlais, Tevinter, Rivain)

Vine Leaves (Tevinter)

Watercress (Avvar)

Wildflowers

Borage

Chicory

Dandelion

Honeysuckle

Jasmine

Violet

Fruits and Nuts

Apple

Applewood Apples (Orlais)

Golden Apples (Orlais)

Green Apples

Le Pomme Vie et Morte - Apples that grow by the gallows in Val Royeaux. (Orlais)

Red Apples

Windfall Apples

Apricot

Banana

Par Vollen Banana

Rivain Banana

Berry

Blackberry (Ferelden)

Blueberry

Cranberry

Currant

Black Currant

Elderberry (Ferelden)

Raspberry

Strawberry (Ferelden)

Caper (Antiva)

Cherry

Black Cherry

Sour Cherry - unspecified variety(ies)

Sweet Cherry - unspecified variety(ies)

Cocoa/Chocolate (Donarks)

Coconut

Coffee (Antiva)

Date - A purple and red fruit with a pit, it has a sweetness and tangy taste. (Tevinter)

Fig (Tevinter)

Grape

Red Grape (Orlais)

Lemon

Lime

Mango

Nuts

Almond

Chestnut

Pine Nut

Olive

Antivan Olive

Orange (Antiva, Orlais, Tevinter)

Blood Orange (Nevarra)

Passion Fruit (Antiva)

Peach

Pear

Plum

Pomegranate (Tevinter)

Pomegranate Seeds

Grain

Barley

Fereldan Barley

Pot Barley

Oats

Rolled Oats

Rice (Antiva, Rivain)

Ryott (Ferelden)

Wheat

Durum Wheat (Rivain)

Whole Grains

Mushrooms

Deep Mushroom

Field Mushroom

Unspecified Fungus - Used to brew Dwarven ale.

Truffle

Unnamed Glowing Fungus

Wild Mushroom

Vegetables and Legumes

Beans

Bush Beans (Free Marches)

Green Beans (Orlais)

Pale Beans (Orlais)

White Beans (Orlais)

Beet

Cabbage

Carrot

Purple Carrot (Orlais)

White Carrot (Orlais)

Celery

Chickpea (Rivain)

Chive

Corn

Checkered Corn

Golden Corn (Orlais)

Yellow Corn

Cucumber

Eggplant (Antiva, Ferelden)

Fennel (Orlais)

Leek

Lentils

Lettuce

Mustard

Onion

Red Onion (Orlais)

Sweet Onion (Orlais)

White Onion

Pea

Peanut (Antiva, Seheron)

Pepper

Antivan Pepper

Green Pepper

Hot Pepper

Hot Red Pepper

Red Bell Pepper (Rivain)

Sweet Pepper (Orlais)

Potato

Radish

Daikon Radish (Ferelden)

Rhubarb (Ferelden)

Spinach

Squash

Marrow Squash

Pumpkin

String Squash

Tomato

Turnip - aka navet

Turnip Greens

Wild Greens

Yams (Ferelden)

Animal Products

Dairy

Cream

Heavy Cream

Milk

Cow Milk

Goat Milk

Halla Milk

Ram Milk

Soured Milk

Eggs

Caviar

Chicken Egg

Fish and Seafood

Carp

Cod

Crab

Cuttlefish

Eel

Krone

Lamprey

Mackerel

Mussel

Oyster

Prawn

River Herring

Shrimp

Sunfish

Trout

Whitebait

Insects

Cave Beetle (Dwarven)

Giant Spider (Dwarven)

Scorpion

Snail (Avvar)

Wood-burrowing beetle larvae (Dalish)

Meats

Beef

Ox

Ox-tongue

Veal

Boar

Bronto (Orzammar)

Cat - mentioned to be eaten in Orlesian alienages by those most desperate (City Elves of Orlais)

Dog - mentioned to be eaten in Orlesian alienages by those most desperate (City Elves of Orlais)

Druffalo

Giant (Tevinter)

Goat

Gurn

Halla

Hare

Hart

Horse

Liver - General name given, animal isn’t specified.

Nug

Pork

Pig’s Feet

Pork Hocks

Pork Saddle

Rabbit

Ram

Rat - mentioned to be eaten in alienages by those most desperate (City Elves of Anderfels, Ferelden)

Sheep

Lamb

Mutton

Venison

Wandering Hills (Anderfels)

Poultry and Reptiles

Bunting

Chicken

Poussin (Chasind)

Deepstalker (Dwarven)

Dove

Dracolisk (Tevinter)

Dragon (Nevarra, Orlais)

Duck

Gurgut (Avvar)

Lurker (Avvar)

Partridge

Pheasant

Phoenix

Pigeon

Quail

Quillback

Swan

Turkey

Varghest

Wyvern (Avvar and Orlais)

Misc.

Dragon Blood (Nevarra)

Druffalo Dung

Honey

Honeycomb

Miscellaneous Ingredients

Baking Ingredients

Ash

Elfroot Ash

Hardwood Ash (Dalish)

Baking Powder

Yeast Cake

Salts

Fine-ground Salt

Rock Salt

Sea Salt

Others

Brine

Clay (Avvar)

Pine Pitch (Alamarri)

Herbs and Spices

Herbs

Basil - Mentioned to be grown in Serault, Orlais.

Dried Basil

Bay Leaf

Catsbane

Elfroot

Elfroot Leaves

Royal Elfroot

Lavender (Orlais)

Mint

Anderfels’s Mint

Foxmint

Peppermint

Oregano

Dried Oregano

Parsley

Prophet’s Laurel

Rosemary

Spindleweed

Verdant Spindleweed

Thyme

Spices

Allspice

Anise

Antivan Cord-seed

Cardamom

Cinnamon (Rivain, Seheron)

Clove

Cumin

Cumin Seed

Deep Mushroom Powder (Orlais and Orzammar)

Dill

Dill Seeds

Eastern Spice - Unnamed

Fennel

Fennel Seeds

Garlic

Ginger

Dried Ginger

Hot Pepper Powder

Hot Red Pepper, Crushed

Juniper

Licorice

Mace

Mustard

Mustard Powder

Mustard Seeds

Nutmeg (Seheron)

Grated Nutmeg

Ground Nutmeg

Pepper

Black Pepper

Peppercorn

Black Peppercorn

Poppyseed

Saffron

Spice Ball - A variety of mixed spices wrapped in a cheesecloth

Star Anise

Vanilla (Rivain)

Sources:

(If you want to find the direct links or page numbers, check out the Wiki's Food and Ingredients page.)

Primary Sources:

Dragon Age: Origins (Base and DLCs) Dragon Age: Awakening Dragon Age 2 (Base and DLCs) Dragon Age: The Last Court Dragon Age: Inquisition (DLCs + Multiplayer)

Books:

Dragon Age Tabletop RPG Core Rulebook Dragon Age Tabletop RPG: Blood in Ferelden Dragon Age Tabletop RPG: Game Master’s Kit: Buried Past World of Thedas Vol. 1 World of Thedas Vol. 2 Dragon Age Official Cookbook: Tastes of Thedas Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne Dragon Age: The Calling Dragon Age: The Masked Empire Dragon Age: Last Flight Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights

Short Stories:

Short Story: Paper and Steel Short Story: Paying the Ferryman

Comics:

Silent Grove Mage Killer Knight Errant Deception

DAO

Codex Entry: Feast Day Fish

Codex Entry: History of Soldier’s Peak: Chapter 3

Codex Entry: In Praise of the Humble Nug

Codex Entry:A Tattered Shopping List

Item: Abyssal Peach

Item: Brandy

Item: Carnal, 8:69 Blessed

Item: Mosswine

Item: Rare Antivan Brandy (Gift)

Item: Sugar Cake

Item: Sun Blonde Vint-1

Item: West Hill Brandy

DAII

Item: Dragon’s Blood

DAI

Codex Entry: On Avvar Cuisine

Codex Entry: Bottles of Thedas

Codex Entry: The City of Starkhaven

Codex Entry: La Pomme Vie et More

Codex Entry: Mad Emperor Reville

Codex Entry: Plant vs. Corpses

Codex Entry: Ram

Codex Entry: A Scholar’s Journal

Codex Entry: Spindleweed

Codex Entry: Surviving the Western Approach

Codex Entry: Waterlogged Diary

Item: Wedge of Destiny

Note: Betta’s Travel Journal

Note: The Gilded Horn’s Drink List

Note: Knight-Captain’s Orders

Note: A Note from the Skyhold Kitchen

Note: The Rusted Horn’s Menu

Note: Scribbled Note

Wartable Mission: Inspire

Wartable Mission: Plant Crystal in Venatori Headquarters

Last Court Cards

Atop the Tower of Lights

The Elegant Abbess

Flames of Freedom

The Glassblowers’ Anger

Go Hunting

Good Neighbor

The Next Course

The Purveyors of Tea

Thieves!

An Unofficial Meeting

The Wyvern is Cornered

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[rhiannatruex]

Hart’s Tongue, Shield Fern

[dracolizardlars]

Also I can recommend hart's-tongue fern foliage as natural decoration for moist terrariums. I've had some in my snail's terrarium for over a month and it's still completely fresh-looking (and the snails haven't touched it). I'm definitely going to gather some more because I can't believe how long it's lasted!

[lycomorpha]

Video game botany: completed pages & links

Yes, it's a weird-ass hobby, but it's my hobby...

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Horizon Zero Dawn

Medicinal valley's blush (Nora)

My posts

Part 1 - the ancestor of medicinal valley’s blush

Part 2 - art materials for our imaginary Nora healer

Part 3 - because of course there’s a moth

Part 4 - the final artwork for our Nora healer’s journal

Wrap-up

Maria’s posts

Why video game botany?

How do we scientifically describe a fictional plant?

If the Nora kept written records, what would they look like?

Our audio blog about our process for this plant is here, and a transcript link can be found here or grab the transcript PDF here

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Current WIP - Freeze rime root

Post on work so far here

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AC Valhalla

Eivor's herbarium

Front page: small plants - yarrow

Page 1: Oak - the Ravensthorpe marker tree

Page 2: White clover (Ravensthorpe)

Page 3: Silver birch (Grantebridgescire)

Page 4: Raspberry (Grantebridgescire)

Currently working on: wildflower meadow from Grantebridgescire cursed zone

Flora of AC Valhalla

Currently walking through the game from the start looking at the flora:

From the beginning - Karmøy, Norway

Random recent posts

Sherwood forest IRL vs AC Valhalla

Older posts

AC Valhalla: botanical considerations in-game

Botanical location: a walk through the Temple of Ceres

Sketches from the Temple of Ceres

Fungi of ACV: blackish purple russula

Fungi of ACV: destroying angel

Plants in ACV vs IRL

Wood sorrel

Map lichen

Hart's tongue fern