Lindsey Reynolds is a writer and enthusiast in all things sustainable. Her work has appeared in Garden & Gun, CNN Eatocracy, The Daily Mississippian, Good Grit, and Oxford magazine. The name ...

Epiphytes are some of the most interesting plants. It's a term we hear about often in the plant world, so I wanted to show ...

Orchids, mosses, ferns—or epiphytes, defined as nonparasitic plants that grow on other plants—are crucial for Earth’s biodiversity and play essential roles in forests around the world, building ...

The first farmers on the Fijian archipelago were ants: For millions of years, an ant species on the islands has nurtured epiphytes, which provide them with nesting sites. Moreover, the interaction is ...

If you were to visit the humid tropics of Asia, Central and South America you would be amazed at all the plants that grow on the branches of trees and even on rocks with no soil. We do have lichens, ...

Ask any nongardener to name their favorite epiphyte, and they will probably look at you as if you have Spanish moss growing out of your ears. Epiphytes, sometimes referred to as "air plants" because ...

This book critically reviews advances in our understanding of the biology of vascular epiphytes since Andreas Schimper's 1888 seminal work. It addresses all aspects of their biology, from anatomy and ...

With spring in the air, young seedlings are looking for a home where they can spread their roots. While most seedlings find the soil a very acceptable place to live, some adventurous young sprouts are ...

The woodland habitat has many species of climbers and epiphytes. It makes sense, because why stand on your own legs when there are so many trees to lean on? Although its not easy to find information ...

A method is described for transposing the position of epiphytes on a branch to a single straight line segment. Assuming a random pattern after the transposition, when there are N. Intervals along L ...

Epiphytes, plants such as orchids and mosses that grow in trees, draw nutrients from the air and create refuge for all sorts of other life forms. They are the foundation of forest canopy ecosystems, ...