The tree ferns also grow very slowly ... Dalling also is a research associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.

a species of tree fern repurposes its dead fronds, turning them into roots. The discovery “was completely serendipitous,” says James Dalling, a tropical forest ecologist at the University of ...

Be warned, however, that learning how to winterize tree ferns will be different. These tropical trees will need outdoor ...

The Cyathea rojasiana tree fern, which is native to Panama in Central ... Dalling, who is also a research associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, made the discovery ...

Staghorn ferns are native to tropical and temperate areas of South ... but they are more for anchoring the plant to its tree trunk or mounting board than as a nutrient pathway.

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Researchers have clarified the evolutionary history of a previously poorly known group of ferns from the tropical rainforests ... different parts of the family tree. Then we noticed that they ...

James Dalling and colleagues noticed something interesting about the Cyathea rojasiana tree ferns, which are only found in Panama. When fronds of the plants died, wilted and drooped to the ground ...

The tree ferns also grow very slowly ... Dalling also is a research associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. The authors declare no conflicts of interest Disclaimer ...

Plant biologists report that a species of tree fern found only in Panama reanimates its own dead leaf fronds, converting them into root structures that feed the mother plant. The fern, Cyathea ...