Tree ferns in the landscape command the attention of both devoted gardeners and casual passersby. Their stately form resembles that of the palm tree and evokes a feeling of the quintessentially exotic. This volume is the source for information on the living tree ferns. It surveys families, genera, and species, including those suitable for the home garden. It offers up-to-date taxonomy and detailed descriptions as well as in-depth coverage of everything from tree fern use to conservation. In recognition of the horticultural importance of tree ferns, the authors provide extensive cultivation information, including propagation, and diseases and pests.
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"This book contains all the technical information a plant scientist might want, combined with cultivation and conservation notes of great utility to professional growers, hobbyists, and conservationists alike."
—G. D. Dreyer, Choice, December 2004 (Choice )
"Tree Ferns was not intended to be an identification manual. Its primary purpose is to stimulate interest, expand our knowledge, and bring us up to date on important findings about these elegant plants; for this, the authors are to be commended."
—Barbara Joe Hoshizaki, Pacific Horticulture, Fall 2004 (Pacific Horticulture )
"Magnigicent."
—John Bagnasco, Garden Compass, October 2004 (Garden Compass )
—G. D. Dreyer, Choice, December 2004 (Choice )
"Tree Ferns was not intended to be an identification manual. Its primary purpose is to stimulate interest, expand our knowledge, and bring us up to date on important findings about these elegant plants; for this, the authors are to be commended."
—Barbara Joe Hoshizaki, Pacific Horticulture, Fall 2004 (Pacific Horticulture )
"Magnigicent."
—John Bagnasco, Garden Compass, October 2004 (Garden Compass )
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Tree ferns in the landscape command the attention of both devoted gardeners and casual passersby. Their stately form resembles that of the palm tree and evokes a feeling of the quintessentially exotic. This volume is the source for information on the living tree ferns.
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In 2010, Flora of Peninsular Malaysia, Series I: Ferns and Lycophytes has been published. However, only one tree fern, Cibotiaceae was included. Recently many tree ferns' valid names have been changed. But it is not easy to find out legitime names. I happened to find "Tree Ferns" and ordered. This book is realy well organized to find the valid species names. The authors provided the synonym in each species part and also arranged the index with synonym.
Quality of picture is disadvantage of this book. They are not useful to catch the characteristics of each species.
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"Tree fern" is a somewhat arbitrary term that has been applied to any fern with a large erect rhizome, the proportion of the fern that bears the leaves. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pinnule midvein, sori occur, thin indusia, fertile pinnules, globose indusia, brown central region, narrow paler margin, brown indusia, young uncurling fronds, firm indusia, submontane rain forest, pale fragile edges, erect trunk, lack indusia, brown indusium, pinnule lobe, lobe midvein, stipe scales, dull margin, pinnule veins, irregular skirt, pinnule segment, scattered scales, tolerates high light intensity, small tree fern Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alsophila Glade, New Guinea, New Zealand, Cvathea Glade, John Braggins, Sphaeropteris Glade, Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh, Costa Rica, Cyathea Glade, South America, New Caledonia, North Island, Mark Large, Malay Peninsula, Greater Antilles, Puerto Rico, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Hawaiian Islands, New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens, Southern Hemisphere, Central America, Chatham Islands New!
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"Tree fern" is a somewhat arbitrary term that has been applied to any fern with a large erect rhizome, the proportion of the fern that bears the leaves. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pinnule midvein, sori occur, thin indusia, fertile pinnules, globose indusia, brown central region, narrow paler margin, brown indusia, young uncurling fronds, firm indusia, submontane rain forest, pale fragile edges, erect trunk, lack indusia, brown indusium, pinnule lobe, lobe midvein, stipe scales, dull margin, pinnule veins, irregular skirt, pinnule segment, scattered scales, tolerates high light intensity, small tree fern Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alsophila Glade, New Guinea, New Zealand, Cvathea Glade, John Braggins, Sphaeropteris Glade, Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh, Costa Rica, Cyathea Glade, South America, New Caledonia, North Island, Mark Large, Malay Peninsula, Greater Antilles, Puerto Rico, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Hawaiian Islands, New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens, Southern Hemisphere, Central America, Chatham Islands New!
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