Plant biologists report that a species of tree fern found only in Panama reanimates its own dead leaf fronds, converting them into root structures that feed the mother plant. The fern, Cyathea ...

Plant biologists report that a species of tree fern found only in Panama reanimates its own dead leaf fronds, converting them into root structures that feed the mother plant. The fern, Cyathea ...

The Australian tree fern ( Cyathea cooperi) is a large tropical fern that forms a trunk. In the wild, a mature tree's medium to dark green fronds can grow 5 to 8 feet long, but the fronds will be ...

Researchers have clarified the evolutionary history of a previously poorly known group of ferns from the tropical rainforests of America using DNA methods. The study discovered many new fern ...

Staghorn ferns have roots, but they are more for anchoring the plant to its tree trunk or mounting board than as a nutrient pathway.

American Fern Journal, Vol. 105, No. 2 (April-June 2015), pp. 59-72 (14 pages) The response to the canopy openness of species in tropical forests is a source of niche differentiation. The tree ferns ...

Fortunately, there's a shorter tree fern available, the eye-catching Blechnum gibbum 'Silver Lady.' This fast-growing, evergreen fern can reach 6 feet in height, though it's more likely to top out ...

Josué Barrera-Redondo, Santiago Ramírez-Barahona, Luis E. Eguiarte, Rates of molecular evolution in tree ferns are associated with body size, environmental temperature, and biological productivity, ...