Dryopteridaceae
Creeping tongue fern
Elaphoglossum aemulum
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Elaphoglossum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Creeping tongue fern, Creeping tonguefern
Synonyms
- Acrostichum aemulum (Kaulf.) Kunze
- Acrostichum helleri Underw. ex A.Heller
- Olfersia aemula (Kaulf.) C.Presl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Paul Prior, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.