Forest Journal: Ferns matter Don’t be shy about fully experiencing ferns and even smelling them. Certain species are endangered in parts of the world, but not in New Hampshire.

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&#x2019… ...

The fern Polystichum munitum covers the forest floors of the redwood forests in northern California. Limm and Dawson examined variation in the ability of the leaves of P. munitum to absorb the ...

An exception to this is the wood fern (Dryopteris). Often, these plants stick up with green fronds above the forest floor among the dead leaves of late fall. But their green is temporary and ...

"Study documents drought's impact on redwood forest ferns." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 1 February 2016. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 02 / 160201122830.htm>.