The native western sword fern, shown here surrounding the bird bath, can grow anywhere from 2 to 6 feet tall. It thrives in the moist, temperate climate of the Pacific Northwest and does well in a ...

American Fern Journal, Vol. 100, No. 4 (October-December 2010), pp. 230-233 (4 pages) The dwarf maidenhair fern of the Pacific Northwest coast is here recognized as a variety of the western maidenhair ...

Eighteen new plant species have been discovered on the Pacific Ocean's Marquesas islands, protected by the French territory's rugged terrain. The species - 11 of them new ferns - were collected during ...

Small, but mighty! Scientists just discovered the largest genome ever sequenced — in an itty-bitty Pacific fern. Per the New York Times, the newly-sequenced fern was tracked down by an international ...

A small, unassuming fern-like plant has something massive lurking within: the largest genome ever discovered, outstripping the human genome by more than 50 times. Study co-author Jaume Pellicer, an ...

IS THERE a more useful plant than evergreen ferns? They’re the stalwarts of the winter garden. Slugs are munching on the tiny iris that are just starting to bloom, and camellia blossoms brown out with ...

Delicate as lace, or seemingly tough as leather, ferns can be found in climates ranging from rain forest to tundra. It's no wonder that they find their way to so many Pacific Northwest gardens.

WHEN MILLER BOTANICAL GARDEN curator Richie Steffen wrote his first book, he fittingly co-authored it with the woman who turned him into a fern fanatic. Sue Olsen founded the Hardy Fern Foundation, ...