Fern Friday: Wild Boston Fern

Sometimes it can be hard to differentiate our native sword ferns - Nephrolepis exaltata & Nephrolepis biserrata from their invasive, non-native relatives - Nephrolepis cordifolia & Nephrolepis brownnii. All of these ferns, too often, are called Boston fern or, to…

Weeds of Wednesday: Bad hair day or not?

As part of his basic botany walk/talk on November 18, 2017, Dr. George Rogers, Horticulture Chair at Palm Beach State College, pointed out the difference between native Boston fern (Nephrolepis exaltata) and non-native Asian sword fern (Nephrolepis browneii), both of…