The native ferns that form a lush green understory in coastal redwood forests are well adapted to dry summers and periodic droughts, but California's current prolonged drought has taken a toll on them ...

SANTA CRUZ >> Beneath California’s iconic towering redwoods, ferns carpet the forest floor. The Western sword fern is the most common plant in the coastal redwood forest, and it’s showing signs of ...

Dieback of ferns due to the drought can be seen in some areas of the campus redwood forest. (Photo by T. Stephens) A close-up of a western swordfern frond shows damage caused by thrips. (Photo ...

Raindrops from a morning thunderstorm splatter on the bald cypress and strangler figs that form a dome over a boardwalk in Broward County’s Fern Forest Nature Center. Droplets flit and plop into a ...

I suppose to most, ferns are just those plants that brush up against your calves while walking or hiking. They tickle and often make tick-weary hikers nervous wherever they lean into the trail. Emily ...

PUTNAM COUNTY, Ind. — A rare plant has been discovered in west central Indiana. The weft fern, a state-endangered species that grows on rocks, caves and sheltered crevices, was found during a plant ...

Eilís O'Neill / KUOW/EarthFix Ellie and Emma are toddlers. They spend a lot of time with their dad Tim Billo in Seward Park, a fragment of old-growth forest on the edge of Lake Washington. Billo’s a ...