Alaska Hollyfern

Description

Stems erect. Leaves arching, 4--10 dm; bulblets absent. Petiole 1/8--1/5 length of leaf, densely scaly; scales light brown, gradually diminishing in size distally. Blade lanceolate, deeply 1-pinnate-pinnatifid to 2-pinnate, base narrowed. Pinnae lanceolate, not overlapping, in 1 plane, 4--8 cm, base oblique, margins incised to costa on middle pinnae, serrulate-spiny with teeth spreading-ascending, apex acute-apiculate with subapical and apical teeth same size; microscales filiform, sparse abaxially, confined to costa adaxially. Indusia erose-ciliate. Spores brown. 2 n = 246.Forest floor in lowland coastal forests; 0--250 m; B.C.; Alaska.