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Yearn for the Fern

               The cure-all magic elixir twisted in Earth’s desire to supply her children with better health and a better wealth of knowledge about the self. For those engulfed with the ease of being in… Continue Reading →

Cladograms make life clado-grand!

Written by James Larson Cladograms are one of the more helpful tools for biologists who need to understand how an organism has changed to become the remarkable survival machines that they are today. My interest happens to lie in ferns,… Continue Reading →

The In(gene)ious Way of Indexing Life

Today, throughout the world there are over 12,000 identified fern species. These seedless vascular plants are important members of plant kingdom, from forest floors to modern landscaping. For a long time ferns have posed a difficult problem to researchers. When… Continue Reading →

Project Outline, Second Draft

  The reproduction of ferns is an amazing process, spores are launched from adult ferns at outstanding speeds, (speeds have been recorded at more than 10 meters per second.) ** Ferns have a unique potential to propagate the far off distances… Continue Reading →

Project Outline First Draft

  a) Nick Denk, James Larson, Gabbi Korrow b) Fern Spore Reaction Under Increasing Heat Conditions. c) In our project we will compare the sporangium and spore ejection of Polystichum minimum, Polypodium glycyrrhiza, and Pteridium aquilinum under varying heat conditions…. Continue Reading →

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