Specialization for water retention came from a layer of cork on the roots’ exterior.
Tag - hemiepiphyte
Erin Zimmerman
A fern thought to grow on trees still keeps a root on the ground
The Aspleniaceae is a family of ferns, some of which are terrestrial and some of which are epiphytes. A new study has found a rarity, a hemiepiphyte.
Alun Salt
In an oft-overlooked part of Brazil, botanists have found something bizarre growing
In the Pantanal it's possible that botanists have found a plant that taking it's first steps - upwards.
