Christmas ferns, they're just simple woodland shade plants, right? Wrong! Turns out, we’ve been taking this green-leafed plant for granted for quite some time. Said to gain its name from ...

Scientists hope hungry black weevils imported from Louisiana can help tackle South Africa's invasive water plant problem.

Like the clubmosses (see Plant Evolution I), the ferns are early vascular ... grows in sunny and semi-shaded climax forest areas. This fern, with its light green, delicate foliage, can be easily ...

Lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina) forms clumps, making it a good focal point in a shade garden. Noted for its light green fronds and darker colored central veins, lady fern tolerates drier soil ...

This lush foliage plant has a wealth of varieties ... Polystichum polyblepharum (Japanese Tassel fern) produces lustrous dark green fronds that are covered in soft golden hairs as they unfurl.

This shrub provides maximum erosion control on slopes.

Forget your favorite flowers, because we’re talking all about the mean green ... of plants’ phylogenetic tree—bryophytes and seedless vascular plants, like mosses and ferns.