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Sword fern

Polystichum munitum

Photo by shebebusynow
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44.5042, -124.021

Field Notes

Description:

terrestrial fern staying green all winter, growing huge if alone in the sun

Habitat:

temperate coastal rain forest

Notes:

This is its early-spring look, with unfurling fiddleheads.

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Polystichum munitum

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PublishedMay 18, 2011

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