Now the first full tree fern genome has been successfully sequenced—that of the flying spider-monkey tree fern—hinting at how these peculiar plants accrued such a massive set of genes.

As flowering plants like giant trees quickly rose to dominate plant communities during the Cretaceous period, the ferns that had preceded them hardly saw it as a disappointment.

Ferns Took To The Trees And Thrived During Cretaceous Period. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 07 / 090702110459.htm. Duke University.

The tenacious Old World climbing fern — native to Africa, Asia and Australia — is toppling trees as it swamps the state. It also threatens to derail a national wildlife refuge.

Zombie leaves: Novel repurposing of senescent fronds in the tree fern Cyathea rojasiana in a tropical montane forest. Ecology , 2024; DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4248 Cite This Page : ...

Dead frond “skirts” as tree fern defence: what is the evidence? New Zealand Journal of Ecology , published online March 19, 2021. doi: 10.20417/nzjecol.45.22.

But this tree fern’s “zombie leaves,” or leaf roots, represent the first known example of a repurposing of dying tissue, said Eddie Watkins, a professor and fern expert at Colgate University ...

Fortunately, there's a shorter tree fern available, the eye-catching Blechnum gibbum 'Silver Lady.' This fast-growing, evergreen fern can reach 6 feet in height, though it's more likely to top out ...

The tree fern Highland Lace had an unusual introduction into cultivation almost thirty years ago in Eastern Australia and was initially identified as Sphaeropteris tomentosissima (Copel.) R.M.Tryon.

The Tasmanian tree fern can abide temperatures as low as 25 degrees Fahrenheit, but its Australian counterpart is slightly more tender. For a look at tree ferns locally in a public setting, ...

This Tree-Fern figure was given to Commander Carey in exchange for a yard of red calico.This figure was carved from the trunk of a tree fern by the indigenous peoples of the island of Mallicollo ...