HPU biology students publish paper on native fern
If you have ever hiked in the forests of the southeast during winter, you have probably noticed Christmas fern, Polystichum acristochoides. The native evergreen fern exhibits a peculiar behavior– during winter, it lays its fronds flat against the ground. “Flat as a pancake”, adds Dr. Niky Hughes, associate professor of biology at HPU, “and we wanted to know […]