Narrowleaf sword fern

Polystichum imbricans

Summary 3

Polystichum imbricans is a species of fern known by the common names narrowleaf swordfern and imbricate sword fern. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to southern California, where it grows in rocky habitat in coastal and inland mountain ranges and foothills. This fern produces several erect linear or lance-shaped leaves up to 80 centimeters long. Each leaf is made up of many narrow, overlapping, sometimes twisting leaflets each 2 to 4 centimet

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Brantley Davidson

Interesting fact 4

This plant looks best planted in bunches.

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  3. Adaptado por brantleydavidson de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystichum_imbricans
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