As a kid, I remember watching time-lapse videos of a flower blooming or of the sun racing across the sky. Of course, things don't happen that way in nature with one possible exception: sprouting, ...

“It’s called sensitive fern not because it’s sensitive to touch, but because it’s sensitive to low temperature,” Gould said. “If you get a late frost in the spring or an early frost in the fall — ...

a woman touches a fern frond in a garden - Tom Werner/Getty Images As gardeners feel a nip of fall in the air, their thoughts turn to garden cleanup, preparing beds and plants for winter, and setting ...

The sensitive fern – named due to its sensitivity to drought and frost – is a widespread species found throughout eastern North America and eastern Asia. It is a dimorphic plant because it has two ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 45, No. 273 (APRIL 1994), pp. 477-483 (7 pages) Young gametophytes of the sensitive fern, Onoclea sensibilis, respond to heat-shock by synthesizing in excess ...

Ferns are tough, and do well planted anytime during the growing season in Iowa. Ferns are everywhere, and are a great starting point for designing your yard. Here are some tips on what varieties do ...

The ferns and their relatives first appear in the fossil record some 360 million years ago in the late Devonian period. They diversified into many of the modern fern families and species during the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This study examined mutations expressed in haploid fern gametophytes derived from spores collected in the wild in order to assay for the ...

Botonists reveals that the unique timing of spore dispersal in the sensitive fern, known as Onoclea sensibilis, is determined by a structural mechanism of humidity-driven movement in spore bearing ...