Fern fern ("Onoclea sensibilis"). Giant water fern ("Salvinia molesta") is one of the world's worst aquatic weeds. The important fossil fuel coal consists of the remains of primitive plants, including ferns. Ferns have been studied and found to be useful in the removal of heavy metals, especially arsenic, from the soil. Other ferns with some economic significance include: The study of ferns and other pteridophytes is called pteridology. A pteridologist is a specialist in the study of pteridophytes in a broader sense that includes the more distantly related lycophytes. Pteridomania is a term for the Victorian era craze of fern collecting
Pitcher Plants of the Old World Pitcher Plants of the Old World Pitcher Plants of the Old World is a two-volume monograph by Stewart McPherson on the pitcher plants of the genera "Nepenthes" and "Cephalotus". It was published in May 2009 by Redfern Natural History Productions and covers all species known at the time. The work was edited by Alastair Robinson and Andreas Fleischmann. The monograph was followed in 2011 by "New Nepenthes: Volume One", a supplementary work covering the many "Nepenthes" taxa documented in the preceding few years. In an interview with "The Hoopoe", McPherson explained his reasons for writing the book and the extensive