| Scientific Name: | Polystichum munitum |
| Common Name: | western sword fern |
| Family Name: | Dryopteridaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Fern |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Fern-like, Basal, Leathery, Lustrous, Bipinnate, Lanceolate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | |
| Fruit: | Sporangium (spores), Brown, Jun-Jul, (Persistent) |
| 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. | |