Western Sword Fern (Annadel plants)

Western Sword Fern

Polystichum munitum

Summary ⁷

Polystichum munitum (Western Sword Fern) is an evergreen fern native to western North America, where it is one of the most abundant ferns. It occurs along the Pacific coast from southwest Washington to southern California, and also inland east to southeastern British Columbia, northern Idaho and western Montana, with isolated populations in interior northern British Columbia, the Black Hills in South Dakota, and on Guadalupe Island off Baja California.

National distribution ⁸

Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Unknown/Undetermined

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

Sources and Credits

(c) Anthony Mendoza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/39039456@N07/4836221403/
(c) 2008 Keir Morse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=237757&one=T
(c) 2008 Keir Morse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=237761&one=T
(c) 1998 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=17320&one=T
(c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/JCS-Polystichum-munitum-65500.JPG
(c) Anthony Mendoza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/4836221403_315bf9a902.jpg
(c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystichum_munitum
(c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/29134555

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