Western Sword Fern
Western Sword Fern, Polystichum munitum, provides shelter for small wildlife and hosts several butterfly and moth species in the understory of coniferous and mixed throughout western North America. From Alaska to California, it forms impressive evergreen clumps that can reach up to 6 feet tall.
Many indigenous tribes valued this versatile plant. The Pomo tribe used the fronds for lining earth ovens when baking acorn bread, taking advantage of their natural non-stick quality. The Yurok, Tolowa, and Karok peoples utilized the fronds as bedding. For medicinal purposes, various tribes created infusions of the stems or poultices of chewed leaves to treat skin sores and boils.
Each print is made by the artist using archival quality pigment ink on Moab's Entrada Rag Bright 300 paper.
Western Sword Fern, Polystichum munitum, provides shelter for small wildlife and hosts several butterfly and moth species in the understory of coniferous and mixed throughout western North America. From Alaska to California, it forms impressive evergreen clumps that can reach up to 6 feet tall.
Many indigenous tribes valued this versatile plant. The Pomo tribe used the fronds for lining earth ovens when baking acorn bread, taking advantage of their natural non-stick quality. The Yurok, Tolowa, and Karok peoples utilized the fronds as bedding. For medicinal purposes, various tribes created infusions of the stems or poultices of chewed leaves to treat skin sores and boils.
Each print is made by the artist using archival quality pigment ink on Moab's Entrada Rag Bright 300 paper.
Western Sword Fern, Polystichum munitum, provides shelter for small wildlife and hosts several butterfly and moth species in the understory of coniferous and mixed throughout western North America. From Alaska to California, it forms impressive evergreen clumps that can reach up to 6 feet tall.
Many indigenous tribes valued this versatile plant. The Pomo tribe used the fronds for lining earth ovens when baking acorn bread, taking advantage of their natural non-stick quality. The Yurok, Tolowa, and Karok peoples utilized the fronds as bedding. For medicinal purposes, various tribes created infusions of the stems or poultices of chewed leaves to treat skin sores and boils.
Each print is made by the artist using archival quality pigment ink on Moab's Entrada Rag Bright 300 paper.
