Frondless ferns lie low to survive

Peter D. Moore
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Nature, 1998, vol. 392, issue 6677, 661-662

Abstract: How can you tell when a plant is extinct? Although it may disappear for a time, there's always the possibility that it may emerge from a dormant state. This is just what has happened to the Killarney fern (Trichomanes speciosum), which has now been re-discovered in regions of England and Europe where it had been thought to be extinct. Rather than surviving in the form of delicate bottle-green fronds, however, the plant now exists in the gametophyte form — a free-living, independent life stage that looks more like a green fuzz on wet rocks.

Date: 1998
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