A01=Robbin C. Moran
Author_Robbin C. Moran
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family-specific
garden reference
geographical range
hardiness
illustrated garden book
notable cultivars
physical descriptions
plant directory
practical usages of ferns
professional garden
professional reference
science
shade
special uses
synonyms
tree ferns
trees
Product details
- ISBN 9781604690620
- Publication Date: 21 Aug 2009
- Publisher: Workman Publishing
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A Natural History of Ferns is an entertaining and informative look at why ferns and their relatives are unique among plants. Ferns live in habitats from the tropics to polar latitudes, and unlike seed plants, which endow each seed with the resources to help their offspring, ferns reproduce by minute spores. There are floating ferns, ferns that climb or live on trees, and ferns that are trees. There are poisonous ferns, iridescent ferns, and resurrection ferns that survive desert heat and drought. This book is only available through print on demand. All interior art is black and white.
Robbin C. Moran is curator of ferns at the New York Botanical Garden. He is the author or coauthor of many papers and four books about ferns, including Fern Grower's Manual, published by Timber Press.
