Although the word fern often brings to mind a lacy, delicate foliage or frond as fern leaves are called, ferns can also have leathery, shiny fronds or broad, heavy, dense foliage. And now for ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. During ...

Ferns are the perfect plant to add to a shade garden. They come in all shapes, sizes, and textures and because of the diversity of ferns, there is one that will fit about any garden. Ferns can have a ...

Take a stroll in almost any natural area that is shady and moist, and you are almost guaranteed to see ferns. The woods can be carpeted with these lovely native plants. They grow along streams, are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The lacy frond of the intermediate wood fern (_Dryopteris intermedia_). Jacob S. Suissa, CC BY-ND There are few forms of the ...

In research published in the American Journal of Botany, Department of Earth Sciences Assistant Professor in Residence Tammo Reichgelt used citizen science data to show that while some ferns prefer to ...

Back in the Middle Ages, and well into the 16th century, there was considerable confusion regarding the way plants worked, along with just about everything else. Plants — that is, all plants — were ...

There are few forms of the botanical world as readily identifiable as fern leaves. These often large, lacy fronds lend themselves nicely to watercolor paintings and tricep tattoos alike. Thoreau said ...