Scientific name:
Polystichum munitum General: large (to 1.5 m tall, but smaller in the north), evergreen, with erect leaves forming a crown from the stout, woody, scaly rhizome.
Leaves: Stipe dry-scaly; blade lance-shaped, erect to arching, once-pinnate; leaflets alternate, pointed, sharp toothed with incurved spine-tips, each with a small lobe pointing forward at the bottom.
Sori: Large, circular, about halfway between the midvein and the margin; indusium round with fringed margins, centrally attached.
Ecology: Moist forest at low to middle elevations; abundant and widespread from central Vancouver Island and adjacent mainland south, less common further north.