Polypodium glycyrrhiza have random placement, originating at various points. The rhizome appears reddish-brown, and is a sweet licorice-flavored. The name "glycyrrhiza" refers to this flavor--"glykys" in Greek means sweet, with "rhiza" meaning root. Since it is a fern, "P. glycyrrhiza" reproduces by spores; the spores grow in a pattern of spots on the undersides of the leaves. These sori may be oval in immaturity. Licorice fern may grow over the ground, rocks, or as an epiphyte. The plant prefers moist environments, so it is typically found on wet ground, rocks, and logs. Occasionally it can be seen on fallen trees. It is
Carya glabra Carya glabra Carya glabra, the pignut hickory, is a common, but not abundant species of hickory in the oak-hickory forest association in the Eastern United States and Canada. Other common names are pignut, sweet pignut, coast pignut hickory, smoothbark hickory, swamp hickory, and broom hickory. The pear-shaped nut ripens in September and October and is an important part of the diet of many wild animals. The wood is used for a variety of products, including fuel for home heating. The range of pignut hickory covers nearly all of the eastern United States (11). The species grows in central Florida and