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Prickly Shield Fern
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Prickly Shield Fern

Polystichum vestitum

Polystichum vestitum, commonly known as the prickly shield fern, is a hardy, evergreen or semi-evergreen ground fern.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 335810.