PLANTS Profile for Polystichum imbricans (narrowleaf swordfern)

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PLANTS Profile

Polystichum imbricans (D.C. Eaton) D.H. Wagner
narrowleaf swordfern

Symbol:

POIM

Group:

Fern

Family:

Dryopteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Forb/herb

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

Images:
Polystichum imbricans (D.C. Eaton) D.H. Wagner

Native Status:
Polystichum imbricans (D.C. Eaton) D.H. Wagner


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, OR, WA), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Polystichum imbricans (D.C. Eaton) D.H. Wagner

View 34 genera in Dryopteridaceae, 28 species in Polystichum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Polystichum imbricans (D.C. Eaton) D.H. Wagner

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Dryopteridaceae – Wood Fern family
Genus	Polystichum Roth – hollyfern
Species	Polystichum imbricans (D.C. Eaton) D.H. Wagner – narrowleaf swordfern

More Accounts and Images:
Polystichum imbricans (D.C. Eaton) D.H. Wagner

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17681.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 09:12 AM CDT