Flora of North America species comparison

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Polystichum imbricans subsp. curtum
Photo is of parent taxon

cliff sword fern, narrowleaf swordfern
Stems

erect.
Leaves

arching at tip, planar, 4–8 dm.
Pinnae

narrowly lanceolate, straight to falcate, in same plane as blade, more than 5 times longer than wide, apex acuminate-apiculate.
Indusia

entire or margin short-dentate.

Polystichum imbricans subsp. curtum
Habitat On floor of mixed evergreen forests in light shade
Elevation 400–1400 m (1300–4600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Polystichum imbricans var. curtum occurs mostly inland in California, and occasionally in the central Sierra Nevada.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 2.
Parent taxa Dryopteridaceae > Polystichum > Polystichum imbricans
Sibling taxa
P. imbricans subsp. imbricans
Synonyms P. munitum subsp. curtum
Name authority (Ewan) D. H. Wagner: Pteridologia 1: 51. (1979)
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