Arsenic (As) is a class 1 nonthreshold human carcinogen that is ubiquitous in the natural environment. Aquatic submerged macrophytes have attracted considerable attention recently for their ...

Epiphytes are a distinct group in the Earth's carbon cycling ecosystems. Most vascular epiphytes are from the particularly species-rich orchid family (Orchidaceae), with about 70% of Orchidaceae ...

In the plant world, maintaining a place in the sun has always been — for not a few species — a prime objective. Many have devised elegant solutions, mostly involving epiphytes, “a plant that grows ...

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 ...

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 ...

A recent picnic beneath the Spanish moss-draped cypress trees lining the Florala State Park sparked a question from my son that I am frequently asked by others as well: "What is the difference between ...

Vascular epiphytes are non-parasitic, structurally dependent plants that inhabit the surfaces of trees and shrubs in humid tropical forests, contributing up to 40% of local vascular plant diversity in ...

Carrie Engle from Valley View Farms chats with Jen about the creative opportunities that come with epiphytic plants: mosses and plants that don't require potting soil to thrive. COCKEYSVILLE, Md. — ...

Scientists of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have discovered a new species of epiphytic plant Lysionotus namchoomii from Pakke-Kessang district of Arunachal Pradesh. Scientists from the BSI’s ...

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, ...