PLANTS Profile for Polystichum imbricans ssp. imbricans (narrowleaf swordfern)

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PLANTS Profile

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

Symbol:

POIMI

Group:

Fern

Family:

Dryopteridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Forb/herb

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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

Synonyms:
Polystichum imbricans (D.C. Eaton) D.H. Wagner ssp. imbricans

	POMUI4	Polystichum munitum (Kaulf.) C. Presl ssp. imbricans (D.C. Eaton) Munz
	POMUN	Polystichum munitum (Kaulf.) C. Presl ssp. nudatum (D.C. Eaton) Ewan
	POMUI3	Polystichum munitum (Kaulf.) C. Presl var. imbricans (D.C. Eaton) Maxon

Distribution:
Polystichum imbricans (D.C. Eaton) D.H. Wagner ssp. imbricans


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USA (CA, OR, WA), CAN (BC)

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

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

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

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

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 17682.

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

Time Generated: 11/24/2009 04:25 AM MST