Dalling and colleagues were on an expedition to study how the roots of the tropical conifer Podocarpus acquire nutrients when the team came across a dense brush of Cyathea rojasiana tree ferns.

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 : ...

The Cyathea rojasiana tree fern, which is native to Panama in Central America, was studied by plant biologists across multiple institutions. Their findings are published in the journal Ecology.

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 ...

Climate change is also a more recent threat to many fern species. Two of the more common tree fern species of south eastern Australia are Cyathea australis and Dicksonia antarctica. Both species have ...

There are two that are the most common: The Australian tree fern (Cyathea cooperi) and the Tasmanian tree fern (Dicksonia antartica). Both belong to the order Cyatheales, but they differ in a few ...

Other very ornamental but less hardy species of tree fern include Dicksonia squarrosa and Cyathea dealbata. All are available to buy from Kells Bay Gardens’ nursery, along with many other ...

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign plant biology professor James Dalling and his colleagues discovered that some tree ferns recycle their dead fronds into roots. The researchers call these ...

Two of the more common tree fern species of south eastern Australia are Cyathea australis and Dicksonia antarctica. Both species have a wide distribution, extending from Queensland down the ...