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"Plant the divisions to the same depth as the original plant, so the crown isn't buried too deep or too shallow," says Irish-Hanson. Burying the crown too deep can cause the fern to rot, but ...
Pteridophytes (ferns and lycophytes) are free-sporing vascular plants that have a life cycle with alternating, free-living gametophyte and sporophyte phases that are independent at maturity. The body of the sporophyte is well differentiated into roots, stem and leaves. The root system is always adventitious. The stem is either underground or ...
This fern is producing a new frond by circinate vernation. Circinate vernation is the manner in which most fern fronds emerge. As the fern frond is formed, it is tightly curled so that the tender growing tip of the frond (and each subdivision of the frond) is protected within a coil.
The shiny, green-leafed plants with fragrant flowers that bloom from spring into fall were an easy choice for the front walk, says Green: “I felt like this was our big, wow, ‘Welcome to the ...
Fernery at Rippon Lea, Australia A fernery at the Geelong Botanic Gardens (1892–1902). A fernery is a specialized garden for the cultivation and display of ferns.. In many countries, ferneries are indoors or at least sheltered or kept in a shadehouse to provide a moist environment, filtered light and protection from frost and other extremes; on the other hand, some ferns native to arid ...
Davallia (deersfoot fern, hare's foot fern, shinobu fern, rabbit foot fern, ball fern) [citation needed] is a genus of about 40 species of fern. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is the only genus in the family Davalliaceae, which is placed in the suborder Polypodiineae , order Polypodiales . [ 1 ]
Nephrolepis cordifolia is a fern native to the global tropics, including northeastern Australia and Asia. It has many common names including fishbone fern, tuberous sword fern, tuber ladder fern, erect sword fern, narrow sword fern and ladder fern, and herringbone fern. [1] It is similar to the related fern Nephrolepis exaltata.
Sometimes called the potato fern, this is a large fern with an edible fleshy rhizome that is used as a food source by some indigenous peoples. The East-Asian genus Christensenia is named in honor of the Danish pteridologist Carl Christensen is an uncommon fern with distinctive fronds resembling a horse chestnut leaf, hence the species ...