Family: Dryopteridaceae
[Polystichum munitum subsp. curtum Ewan]
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Stems erect. Leaves arching at tip, planar, 4--8 dm. Pinnae narrowly lanceolate, straight to falcate, in same plane as blade, more than 5 times longer than wide, apex acuminate-apiculate. Indusia entire or margin short-dentate.
On floor of mixed evergreen forests in light shade; 400--1400 m; Calif.
Polystichum imbricans var. curtum occurs mostly inland in California, and occasionally in the central Sierra Nevada.