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Canopy plants such as orchids and ferns have an outsized role in moving water through tropical forests. They suck up cloud moisture and slowly drip it down to the forest floor. Yet, with climate change, these delicate plants are drying up, threatening to alter the vital rainforest water cycle.

Not so simple: mosses and ferns offer new hope for crop protection - EurekAlert

Not so simple: Mosses and ferns offer new hope for crop protection

Tracing the evolution of ferns’ surprisingly - EurekAlert

Tracing the evolution of ferns' surprisingly sweet defense strategy

Seed ferns: Plants experimented with complex leaf vein networks 201 million years ago

Seed ferns: Plants experimented with complex leaf vein networks 201 million years ago - EurekAlert

Discovery finds ferns produce crop-saving insecticide