Species
Polystichum munitum (Western sword fern)
Polystichum munitum. Photo: (c) Anthony Mendoza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Polystichum munitum, the western swordfern, 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 southeastern Alaska 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.
Sightings
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