With massive fronds creating a luxuriously green canopy in the understory of Australian forests, tree ferns are a familiar sight on many long drives or bushwalks. But how much do you really know about ...

• The Australian tree fern (Cyathea cooperi) is a large tropical fern that forms a trunk. In the wild, a mature tree’s medium to dark green fronds can grow 5 to 8 feet long, but the fronds will be ...

Q. I was given an Australian tree fern that spent several years in a pot. I trimmed the brown fronds and left it in the pot in a bright spot. It got water now and then. After a hard rain it died back ...

With massive fronds creating a luxuriously green canopy in the understory of Australian forests, tree ferns are a familiar sight on many long drives or bushwalks. But how much do you really know about ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The Australian tree fern Sphaeropteris cooperi is an invasive species in Hawaiian wet forests where it displaces Cibotium, the dominant native ...

It is no wonder that ferns are probably as popular now as they were when they were trendy exotics during and prior to the Victorian period. The most popular ferns are certainly no longer rare, but are ...

Mention the word fern, and many gardeners will envision an indoor grotto filled with Boston and maidenhair fern. Or maybe a tropical forest full of wild ferns. But in their garden? Maybe a Western ...

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Ferns are ubiquitous here in south Louisiana, thriving in our moist, semi-shady areas and seemingly springing from nowhere. Take the mysterious resurrection ferns that hug the limbs of our oak trees.