Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate rainforest

Range

North America

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Spores

Status

Common

About

Licorice Ferns are a type of fern native to the Pacific Northwest. They are known for their sweet-smelling roots, which are harvested to make licorice.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Polypodiales

Family

Polypodiaceae

Genus

Polypodium

Species

Polypodium glycyrrhiza