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Western Sword Fern Very common Pacific NW fern, both the fiddleheads and the tubers are edible.  Geotagged,Polystichum munitum,United States,fern,western sword fern Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Western Sword Fern

Very common Pacific NW fern, both the fiddleheads and the tubers are edible.

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  1. I've often come across fern thinking of an interesting way to photograph them, yet always failing. It seems you managed very well. Posted 11 years ago
  2. lol… every time I go hiking I have an opportunity to try. Sword ferns pretty much blanket most of the forest floor around here, at least at lower elevations. This time I happened upon some very nice lighting. Posted 11 years ago

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''Polystichum munitum'' is an evergreen fern native to western North America, where it is one of the most abundant ferns. It occurs along the Pacific coast from southeastern Alaska to southern California, and also inland east to southeastern British Columbia, northern Idaho and western Montana, with isolated populations in interior northern British Columbia, the Black Hills in South Dakota, and on Guadalupe Island off Baja California.

Similar species: Polypodiales
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Jul 27, 2014. Captured Jul 26, 2014 14:13 in Oyster Dome, Bow, WA 98232, USA.
  • X-E1
  • f/8.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO200
  • 44.4mm