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Polystichum munitum, the western swordfern, [1] is an evergreen perennial fern native to western North America, where it is one of the most abundant ferns in forested areas.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 disjunctive populations in northern British ...
Nephrolepis exaltata, known as the sword fern [1] or Boston fern, is a species of fern in the family Nephrolepidaceae. [3] It is native to the Americas. [ 1 ] This evergreen plant can reach as high as 40–90 centimetres (16–35 in), and in extreme cases up to 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in).
Polystichum is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Dryopteridoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). [1] The genus has about 500 species and has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Polystichum kruckebergii is a species of fern known by the common names Kruckeberg's sword fern and Kruckeberg's hollyfern. It is native to western North America from Alaska to Utah to California, where it grows in rocky mountain habitat in subalpine and alpine climates. This fern produces several narrow, erect leaves 10 to 25 centimeters long.
This page alphabetically lists some known plant species occurring in the US state of Pennsylvania. Currently about 2,100 native and 1,300 non-native plant species are known in Pennsylvania. [1] According Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the known species make up 37% of Pennsylvania's total wild plant flora.
Polystichum acrostichoides, commonly denominated Christmas fern, is a perennial, evergreen fern native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to Minnesota and south to Florida and eastern Texas. [3] It is one of the most common ferns in eastern North America, being found in moist and shady habitats in woodlands, stream banks and rocky ...
Nephrolepis cordifolia is a fern native to the global tropics, including northeastern Australia and Asia. It has many common names including fishbone fern, tuberous sword fern, tuber ladder fern, erect sword fern, narrow sword fern and ladder fern, and herringbone fern. [1] It is similar to the related fern Nephrolepis exaltata.
Polystichum imbricans is a species of fern known by the common names narrowleaf swordfern [1] and imbricate sword fern.It is native to western North America from British Columbia and Idaho to southern California, where it grows in rocky soil and cracks in rock outcrops in coastal and inland mountain ranges and foothills.