Panama tree ferns turn zombie leaves into lifesaving roots
Researchers explore the unique world of zombie leaves and their unexpected role in sustaining ancient tree ferns.
Source: interestingengineering.com
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Zombie Leaves Provide Nutrients for Tropical Trees
Plant biologists report that a species of tree fern found only in Panama reanimates its own dead leaf fronds, converting them into root structures that feed the mother plant.
Source: technologynetworks.com
Tree ferns in Panama turn their dead leaves into new roots
Plant biologists have discovered a unique survival strategy used by a tree fern species that is exclusive to Panama
Source: earth.com
Unique fern sucks nutrients from the soil using dead "zombie leaves"
Ordinarily, once a fern's leaf fronds have died, the plant has no further use for them. Such is not the case with the Cyathea rojasiana fern, though – a scientist has discovered that its dead fronds become "zombie leaves" which suck nutrients from the soil.
Source: newatlas.com