Ferns are ubiquitous here in south Louisiana, thriving in our moist, semi-shady areas and seemingly springing from nowhere. Take the mysterious resurrection ferns that hug the limbs of our oak trees.

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. During ...

There is something otherworldly about ferns. Their fronds suggest feathers and wings, and so when looking at them you may think of taking flight, most likely into the pre-historic past when they ...

Editor’s note: This is the final installment of a three-part “What’s on my tree?” series about organisms that are commonly found growing on trees in Louisiana. Not many plants can lose up to 97% of ...

Take a stroll in almost any natural area that is shady and moist, and you are almost guaranteed to see ferns. The woods can be carpeted with these lovely native plants. They grow along streams, are ...

Master gardener Wesley Gladhart turned his Metairie backyard into a fern oasis. Here are his fern gardening tips. Advice for terrestrial or landscape ferns "Most of my ferns that are not epiphytes ( ) ...

Some live in water; others grow on trees. In 400 million years, these versatile plants have developed some surprising variations. By Margaret Roach If you want suggestions of ferns to use as ground ...

Probably the first pioneer plants to arrive in Hawaii were mosses and ferns. Ferns have been around for over 360 million years. Giant tree fern forests were common for millions of years but they gave ...

Hawaiian gardens have long been famous for their vast array of orchids. We commonly see epiphytic types growing on hapu’u, tree branches and even rocky, soilless areas. In the last decade, other ...

A forest is really a community of plants and animals. Within this large community are smaller groups of living things that grow together. Even an individual tree often has an association of plants ...

There is something otherworldly about ferns. Their fronds suggest feathers and wings, and so when looking at them you may think of taking flight, most likely into the pre-historic past when they ...