Although rain is the most important agent in airborne biological particle deposition most of the current sampling traps retain palynomorphs (fern spore, fungal spore, pollen, among others) but are ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 74, No. 11 (Nov., 1987), pp. 1706-1708 (3 pages) Several alcohols and other solvents inhibit germination of spores of the fern, Onoclea sensibilis L. The inhibition is ...

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 ...

Back in the Middle Ages, and well into the 16th century, there was considerable confusion regarding the way plants worked, along with just about everything else. Plants — that is, all plants — were ...

Botonists reveals that the unique timing of spore dispersal in the sensitive fern, known as Onoclea sensibilis, is determined by a structural mechanism of humidity-driven movement in spore bearing ...

Q: Enclosed is a sample of what has infected two of my beautiful ferns. I’m afraid it’s going to kill them if I don’t control it right away. No one has been able to help me. Please tell me what to do.

As a kid, I remember watching time-lapse videos of a flower blooming or of the sun racing across the sky. Of course, things don't happen that way in nature with one possible exception: sprouting, ...

Don't put away your seed flats and potting soil just yet. It's time to go on a spore hunt. Spores are a most useful catch if you want to plant ferns in quantity. But you'll have to be patient. Keep ...

Deer-resistant and shade-loving, ferns add a whimsical allure to any garden. As one of the oldest plant groups on Earth, these hardy greens can survive just about anything—as long as their environment ...

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