Burke: Polystichum lonchitis vs. Polystichum munitum

	Polystichum lonchitis	Polystichum munitum
	mountain fern, northern holly fern	common sword fern, western fern

	Polystichum lonchitis	Polystichum munitum
Habitat	Talus slopes and cliff crevices, occasionally in coniferous forests, middle to high elevations in the mountains	Moist coniferous woods, in open to deep shade; from sea-level to midmontane.
Distribution	Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, also in the Great Lakes region and northeastern North America; Greenland. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Mexico, east to Montana, and disjunct in South Dakota. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	P. andersonii, P. braunii, P. californicum, P. californicum × P. munitum, P. imbricans, P. kruckebergii, P. kruckebergii × P. munitum, P. lemmonii, P. lemmonii × P. munitum, P. lemmonii × P. scopulinum, P. munitum, P. munitum × P. scopulinum, P. scopulinum	P. andersonii, P. braunii, P. californicum, P. californicum × P. munitum, P. imbricans, P. kruckebergii, P. kruckebergii × P. munitum, P. lemmonii, P. lemmonii × P. munitum, P. lemmonii × P. scopulinum, P. lonchitis, P. munitum × P. scopulinum, P. scopulinum
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Polystichum lonchitis

Polystichum munitum

mountain fern, northern holly fern

common sword fern, western fern

Polystichum lonchitis

Polystichum munitum

Habitat

Talus slopes and cliff crevices, occasionally in coniferous forests, middle to high elevations in the mountains

Moist coniferous woods, in open to deep shade; from sea-level to midmontane.

Distribution

Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, also in the Great Lakes region and northeastern North America; Greenland.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]