Looking very “unfernlike,” the American Climbing Fern has individual leaves that look something like a hand. About the size of a quarter, they can be easy to overlook. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A plant called Hartford fern was rare in Pennsylvania. Until Mike Gondell looked more closely at ...

Why is American climbing fern so abundant at Penrose Swamp Barrens? “This is the kind of question that keeps ecologists, plant physiologists and biogeographers awake at night,” conservation biologist ...

I covered the evolution of ferns, their place in the general evolution of terrestrial plants and the curious nature of their reproductive cycle. To put it plainly, things got away from me and I didn’t ...

The tenacious Old World climbing fern — native to Africa, Asia and Australia — is toppling trees as it swamps the state. It also threatens to... LeRoy Rodgers spends plenty of time in the Florida ...