Native fern growing in California forest. Image by Elise Petrovich

🌿Ferns

Some species have wild drought survival tricks

Cliff ferns can shrivel almost to nothing, desert-style, to ride out dry spells

Others, like chain ferns, thrive in constant seepage zones, adapting to ever-shifting water flow
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Letting this do its thing.

#FernsOfBluesky #PlantsOfTheCatskills #UpstateNYFlora #NativeFerns #TerrariumLife #WoodlandTerrarium #PlantEcosystem #GreenAesthetic #plantsky #planthelp #TinyWorlds #TemperateTerrarium

germinated Lygodium palmatum gametophytes, photo taken through 10x Hastings Triplet loupe

I've heard that successfully raising Lygodium palmatum from spore is a pteridophile's holy grail, or something like that. Of course I couldn't pass up the chance to try it myself. So far, we're on the right track! #NativePlants #NativeFerns

Native Ferns episode of the GardenDC Podcast with fern enthusiast Kit Sheffield is up on YouTube - Listen at youtu.be/sSAubZXyFE8?... - you can also listen at Spotify, Apple, etc.
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