Christmas ferns, they're just simple woodland shade plants, right? Wrong! Turns out, we’ve been taking this green-leafed plant for granted for quite some time. Said to gain its name from ...

Ferns need to be watered regularly enough that the soil is kept moist, not soggy or dry.Indoor ferns can be watered once or ...

Like the clubmosses (see Plant Evolution I), the ferns are early vascular ... grows in sunny and semi-shaded climax forest areas. This fern, with its light green, delicate foliage, can be easily ...

On a spring morning, a search for a specific species of fern leads to a discussion on ancient plant history, vascular beauty ...

Biologists have create a web portal for the world's most charismatic plants, ferns. The Florida Museum of Natural History has partnered with 35 herbarium collections across the United States to create ...

This fern is native to the rainforest, where it grows between tree branches. (It's naturally an epiphyte, which is an organism that grows on the surface of another plant.) There, its fronds often ...

Ferns have a brilliant way of reproducing. They don’t produce seeds like flowering plants, but instead grow a completely new, independent plant called a gametophyte. If you look on the underside of ...

Keeping these delicate plants happy can be pretty tricky. Here’s how to give your asparagus fern everything it needs to thrive. Asparagus ferns may be best known for their airy, delicate foliage ...