Like most tropical houseplants, the bird’s nest fern likes average indoor temperatures between 60 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit.

Another type of seedless vascular plant is ferns, also known as monilophytes. Many types of ferns have large leaves called fronds that slowly unfurl over time, but there are other kinds, too.

Avoid invasive plants like coral ardisia, tuber sword fern (frequently sold as a potted Boston fern houseplant) and English ivy. ... 3 types of effective shade gardens. 1.

Q: I noticed a plant in my woods that had fern-like leaves with different shades of green in a distinct pattern. I don’t notice them in the summer, though, just in early spring.

Others separate these functions to have one leaf type for photosynthesis and another for reproduction – a strategy called dimorphism. If the patterns of specialization seen broadly across plants were ...