Scientific Name:
Polystichum munitum
Pronunciation:
puh-LISS-tih-kum MUN-ee-tum
Common Name:
western sword fern
Family Name:
Dryopteridaceae
Plant Type:
Fern
Key ID Features:
Fronds once pinnate, most between 80-120cm long x 10-20cm wide; pinnae delicately serrated with a larger tooth near pinna base, lower surface has obvious yellow to orange sori.
Habit:
Arching
Form:
Vase
Texture:
Medium
Mature Height:
0.7 - 1.3m
Mature Spread:
1.0 - 1.5m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Exposure:
Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Acidic, Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Woodland margin
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Compound, Fern-like
Arrangement:
Basal
Texture/Venation:
Leathery
Surfaces:
Lustrous
Compound Leaf:
Bipinnate
Colour in Fall:
Green, Brown
Shapes:
Lanceolate
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Obtuse
Margins:
Dentate
Inflorescence Type:
Flower Morphology:
Colour (petals):
No flowers
Flower Time at Peak:
Fruit Type:
Sporangium (spores)
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Jun, Jul
Additional Info:
Not showy, Persistent,
Bark Morphology:
Other
Bark or Stem Colour:
Additional Info:
no above ground stem
Organ Modifications:
Rhizomes
Propagation:
Division - below ground parts
Maintenance:
Low
Pest Susceptibility:
(Pest resistant, Disease resistant)
Course(s):
- HORT 1155
- Level 4 Apprenticeship
Location(s):
- (BHW) Boulevard by Hwy. 10 Westend
- (FSC) Far South Campus
- (GAZ) GAZebo
- (GAZE) GAZebo East
- (GAZW) GAZebo West
- (PPL) Pine PLanting
- (SQC) SeQuoiadendron Courtyard
- (TFL) Turf Field Lab
- (TFLS) Turf Field Lab South
- (WDH) Wark-Dumais House
- (WLG) WoodLand Garden