Calflora: Polystichum munitum

Polystichum munitum (Kaulf.) C. Presl

sword fern, western sword fern, western swordfern

Polystichum munitum, a pteridophyte, is a fern that is native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

Communities:	North Coastal Coniferous Forest, Redwood Forest, Douglas-Fir Forest, Chaparral, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest
Habitat:	streambanks [Walker]
Wetlands:	Usually occurs in non wetlands, but occasionally found in wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation:	between 0 and 7000 feet
Family:	DRYOPTERIDACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Polystichum found in California.

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Other Names:

PLANTS:

Polystichum munitum var. incisoserratum

Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Polystichum munitum from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (POMU)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database