Ferns are underrated and largely ignored by gardeners, but they shouldn't be. They can add much to a garden. I recently went to Walpole, New Hampshire, where I met with Michael Nerrie of Distant Hill ...

Polystichum hildae, a holly fern discovered in Columbia, is named after a 95-year-old longtime volunteer at UVM. Here's why.

Ferns are under-rated and largely ignored by gardeners, but should not be. They can add much to a garden. I recently went to Walpole, N.H. where I met with Michael Nerrie of Distant Hill Gardens and ...

Ferns are under-rated and largely ignored by gardeners, but should not be. They can add much to a garden. I recently went to Walpole, New Hampshire, where I met with Michael Nerrie of Distant Hill ...

It’s mid-winter. I have been daydreaming not about spring wildflowers but about ferns, our most graceful plant form. They are things of beauty, providing varied forms that delight the eye and add ...

Just in time for Christmas, researchers at the University of Vermont Herbarium have discovered a new fern, and they named it after long-time volunteer Hilda White. The UVM Herbarium has over 400,000 ...

Researchers have assembled one of the largest global assessment of fern diversity. The study integrated digitized herbarium data, genetic data, and climatic data and discovered 58% of fern species ...

DUMMERSTON — The Vermont Woodlands Association (VWA) and the Dummerston Conservation Commission are sponsoring a fern identification workshop with Lynn Levine, of Nature Connect. The workshop will be ...

Ferns are not a very popular food item for the animal kingdom. Compared to the herbivorous insects on flowering plants and conifers, relatively few insects eat ferns. One estimate is there is about ...