Look at the underside of a fern leaf. Those rows of orange clusters aren’t tiny insects; they’re spores waiting to be catapulted away. Once a spore lands, it grows into a tiny plant, from which fern ...

The King Fern has called Australia home for 300 million ... The most common way to propagate ferns is from spores, but that's tricky for the isolated King Ferns, because its spores have to be ...

Middle: examples of normal and malformed spores. Picture on the right: Phlebopteris. The fern fossil is from a quarry in Southern Germany (Pechgraben) from the earliest Jurassic. This location and ...

Consequently, very small, often unseen spores get released into the air. Unfortunately, they can easily be inhaled and that ...

Ferns rank as some of the oldest plants of the botanical realm for our global landscape. Evidence concludes these green, ...

Reviewed by Debra LaGattutaBird's nest ferns (Asplenium nidus) grow on the surface of other plants in their natural ...

One is by spores, a sexual means of reproduction good for mass production. The second is asexually, by taking cuttings. Cuttings are great for species like the rabbit's foot fern that put out runners.

Evergreen ferns are priceless gems in a winter garden. During summer, it’s easy to take our subtly variegated green backcloth of leaves ...

“The asparagus fern is actually part of the lily family, Liliaceae, and is closely related to tulips, daylilies and hostas,” Porritt explains. “Unlike ferns that spread by spores, the ...