Giant Chainfern is most likely found in areas that are moist and shady, though not often found in Western Washington. A fern and a member of the Blechnaceae Family, it grows by Kiosk 04.  Pilchuck Learning Center’s sponsored Western Washington State University SAM Project extinction potential is steep.  It is a threatened and endangered species on some lists, and it is classified as a sensitive species by the Washington State Plant List. That said, British Columbia wholesale nurseries are propagating this fern and sending it to botanic gardens and retailers.  There would be no endangered species in the Cascadia Floristic Region Floristic Region if a modest (because we have only 900 unique plant species and many are ubiquitous) outlay to local nurseries were governmentally funded so that they could propagate the 400 or so species that are challenged (as Fourth Corners in Bellingham already is).  Planted on publicly owned lands, safe forever from herbicides, we could eliminate the chance of species extinction.  Since we don’t teach about native plants, few understand or care.

https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=WOFI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodwardia_fimbriata
http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Woodwardia+fimbriata
http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/botany-and-herbarium/collections/database/results.php?Genus=Woodwardia&Species=fimbriata&SourcePage=search.php&IncludeSynonyms=Y&SortBy=DESC&SortOrder=Year

The Giant Chain Fern is found in:

moist open habitat
grasslands
coniferous forest

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