SANTA CRUZ >> Beneath California’s iconic towering redwoods, ferns carpet the forest floor. The Western sword fern is the most common plant in the coastal redwood forest, and it’s showing signs of ...

New Forest: Bracken has been used as roofing, bedding for animals, and chopped to mix in with their feed. At this time of year it provides cover for the wild gladiolus No walk through the forest seems ...

Dieback of ferns due to the drought can be seen in some areas of the campus redwood forest. (Photo by T. Stephens) A close-up of a western swordfern frond shows damage caused by thrips. (Photo ...

Aussies are being urged to join the fight against a worrying issue after ancient Tasmanian tree ferns, some believed to be ...

Researchers have described seven new fern species from the rainforests of tropical America. Many of the species were uncovered as the by-product of ecological research: the species diversity in ...

Rare ferns and rainforest species have been discovered in a part of the Eastern Victoria region that is earmarked for logging, according to an environment group. The Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO ...

PUTNAM COUNTY, Ind. — A rare plant has been discovered in west central Indiana. The weft fern, a state-endangered species that grows on rocks, caves and sheltered crevices, was found during a plant ...

Each spring for the past three years, I’ve embarked on a fern hunting expedition on Oregon’s public lands. Armed with a shovel and sometimes a permit, the trips have taken me into random corners of ...

Nature did for me what yoga, psychedelics and therapy couldn’t. Young tree fern fiddleheads beginning to unfurl in the cloud forest of Santa Cruz Tepetotutla in Mexico.Credit...Daniel Borris for The ...

The native ferns that form a lush green understory in coastal redwood forests are well adapted to dry summers and periodic droughts, but California's current prolonged drought has taken a toll on them ...