Photo: Polypodium vulgare.

Small stand. The Swedish name for it is 'stensöta' (= rocksweet): dig this up (easy - it grows among moss on rocks) and take a bite from the root - licorice! the taste is there - but this isn't the plant licorice (Glycyrrhiza whatever). Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 1995-07-01.
Polypodium vulgare L. Engl.: common polypody, adder's fern, brake root, female fern, fern-root, oak fern, polypody of the oak, rock brake, rock polypod, sweet fern, wall fern. Deu.: Engelsüss, Tüpfelfarn, Baumfarn, Engelwurz, Rossfarn, Steinfarn, Steinlaxe, Süsswurzel. Suom.: kallioimarre, "lakritsanjuuri'". Sven.: stensöta
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Photo: Polypodium vulgare.