| Pteridophyte | Literature for Elaphoglossum crassifolium
Palmer, 2003. |
| Dryopteridaceae | Bibliography |
| Elaphoglossum crassifolium | |
Common name(s): `ekaha, Hart's tongue fern, hoe a Maui, `ekaha, hoe a Maui |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Hawaiian Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habitat | Open mesic woods and open wet forests to dense rain forests | |
| Elevation | 300-1300 m |
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| Habit |
Terrestrial or epiphytic, medium-sized; rhizomes short-creeping, densely clothed with scales, 1-2.5 cm diameter with scales (5-10 mm diameter without scales), scales imbricate, lanceolate, 1-1.5(-2) cm long, light brown to reddish brown to black, with lighter-colored margins. |
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| Leaves |
Stipes (2.5-)4-10(-27) cm long, not winged; sterile blades erect, broadly oblong-lanceolate, 16-45 cm long, thick and brittle, glabrous, tips blunt; veins reticulate, indistinct, bifurcating and anastomosing freely. |
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| Notes |
Latin crassus, thick, stout, + folium, leaf, in reference to the leathery texture of the blade. |
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| Contributor |
Sally Eichhorn |