Licorice Ferns
A common fern found growing on trees and mossy rocks in the Pacific Northwest, the licorice fern is also one of the many unrelated plants around the world that contain the chemical glycyrrhizin, which gives it the taste of licorice. Historically the roots were chewed on by Native American tribe members as a hunger suppressant, particularly by hunters or those travelling across the land.
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NWR, Nisqually NWR, Northwest, P. glycyrrhiza, PNW, Pacific NW, Pacific Northwest, Plantae, Polypodiaceae, Polypodiales, Polypodiopsida, Polypodium, Polypodium glycyrrhiza, Pteridophyta, Pteridopsida, Spring, Thurston County, Washington, evergreen, fern, forb, green, herb, licorice fern, many-footed fern, moss, perennial, polypody, rain forest, rainforest, summer, sweet root, west coast, western
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