Posted by: Sandy Steinman | February 13, 2024

This weird fern is the first known plant that turns its dead leaves into new roots

ScienceNews.org reports

To get by in the waterlogged, low-nutrient soil of the Quebrada Chorro forest in western Panama, a species of tree fern repurposes its dead fronds, turning them into roots.

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