Hul'q'umi'num' name:
tl’usip
English Name:
Licorice Fern
Scientific Name:
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
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Description
Description, Habitat, Ecology, Distribution
This fern is a small to medium-sized plant with evergreen leaves. It grows on wet, mossy ground, logs and rocks and is often found growing on the trunks and branches of trees, especially those of bigleaf maples. It occurs throughout the coast of the province.
Island Cultural Role
The root-like stem is sweetish with a flavour similar to that of licorice and is chewed for sore throat.
Language
Hul'q'umi'num' Name
tl’usip
APA
ƛ̓əsip
Speaker
Delores Louie
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