Q. I have some wild ferns that have come up in one area that I want to move to another area. When is the best time to do this? These have been growing in this area for several years and are rather ...

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A pioneering conservation project to reintroduce a rare species of fern that has been extinct in the wild for more than 100 years has begun to bear fruit. The Governor Laffan’s fern was last seen ...

Constantine Rafinesque, a young French botanist, came to Philadelphia in 1802 and soon set off for Appalachia, walking at least 8,000 miles on foot in search of previously unclassified flora. He would ...

The American Fern Journal, a quarterly, international, scholarly journal that includes research papers on all aspects relating to ferns and related plants, has been published since 1910. Those ...

Another very short-lived foraging period has settled across Pennsylvania as ferns - bracken, cinnamon, ostrich and the like - begin to emerge. Soon after poking their succulent green stems through the ...