Plants with Spores (Ferns, Mosses, et al.) Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:32:30 +0000 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:32:30 +0000 UBC Botanical Garden Forums https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/plants-with-spores-ferns-mosses-et-al.393/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 21:52:22 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/id-moss.105111/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/id-moss.105111/ invalid@example.com (Yellowcat) Yellowcat
View attachment 258106 View attachment 258107]]> 2 Tue, 04 Mar 2025 06:05:46 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/city-moss-on-big-leaf-maple.99600/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/city-moss-on-big-leaf-maple.99600/ invalid@example.com (wcutler) wcutler I got all excited about this green trunk, on an Acer macrophyllum street tree a few blocks from me. I think there might be two mosses here, one being similar to a feather moss and the other a leafy moss. I have hardly ever given mosses the time of day, but there it was at eye level with the sun shining on it. I had no excuse to not give it some attention....

City moss, on big leaf maple]]> 4 Fri, 17 May 2024 17:31:14 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/maidenhair-spleenwort-asplenium-trichomanes-subspecies-quadrivalens.104439/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/maidenhair-spleenwort-asplenium-trichomanes-subspecies-quadrivalens.104439/ invalid@example.com (Acerholic) Acerholic They find the most tiny of crevice to grow and flourish.
Maidenhair Spleenwort - Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens
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View attachment 245221 View attachment 245222 View attachment 245223]]> 2 Wed, 09 Aug 2023 22:18:47 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/climate-change-may-doom-worlds-oldest-moss.103565/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/climate-change-may-doom-worlds-oldest-moss.103565/ invalid@example.com (togata57) togata57 Takakia, which has been growing for 390m years, is one of the fastest-evolving species ever found, but that may not be enough to save it, the researchers warned.

The ancient moss was already 100m years old before the Himalayas formed underneath it

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...ould-go-extinct-as-a-result-of-climate-crisis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takakia]]> Wed, 09 Aug 2023 16:52:29 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/balcony-plant-coniogramme-emeiensis-golden-zebra.103516/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/balcony-plant-coniogramme-emeiensis-golden-zebra.103516/ invalid@example.com (wcutler) wcutler
Balcony plant: Coniogramme emeiensis 'Golden Zebra']]> 2 Tue, 20 Jun 2023 22:33:50 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/fern-id-request.103452/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/fern-id-request.103452/ invalid@example.com (Margot) Margot View attachment 244230]]> 3 Tue, 30 May 2023 18:43:04 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/name-of-fern.103380/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/name-of-fern.103380/ invalid@example.com (willi2) willi2
Thank you!]]> 3 Mon, 25 Jul 2022 23:25:38 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/fern-id-requested.99378/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/fern-id-requested.99378/ invalid@example.com (togata57) togata57 View attachment 194004 View attachment 194005


My Venus flytrap acquired the above companion over the summer.
Spore wind-sown?----Revived from long dormancy?
Appeared after VFT repotted...

Fern? ID requested.]]> 7 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 16:33:07 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/need-help-identifying-this-moss.101941/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/need-help-identifying-this-moss.101941/ invalid@example.com (StephenJK) StephenJK 2 Sat, 25 Dec 2021 19:16:15 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/jan-8-2022-talk-on-bryophytes-with-ubcs-karen-golinski.101762/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/jan-8-2022-talk-on-bryophytes-with-ubcs-karen-golinski.101762/ invalid@example.com (Frog) Frog Nature Club | Beaty Biodiversity Museum

British Columbia: - 20220108 - Vancouver (ONLINE) - Bryophytes talk - Jan 8 2022]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:12:43 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/transplanting-ferns.101688/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/transplanting-ferns.101688/ invalid@example.com (KirstyP) KirstyP
Transplanting ferns]]> 9 Fri, 17 Sep 2021 17:00:18 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/polytrichum-piliferum.101401/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/polytrichum-piliferum.101401/ invalid@example.com (Nik) Nik 1 Wed, 21 Jul 2021 04:12:14 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/gathering-moss-a-natural-and-cultural-history-of-mosses.100886/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/gathering-moss-a-natural-and-cultural-history-of-mosses.100886/ invalid@example.com (togata57) togata57 The most primitive of plants, mosses lack flowers, fruits and seeds, have no roots, and no vascular system to conduct water internally, and yet there are 22,000 species, even if most are still so little known to the public that only a few have been given common names. The undisputed masters of their chosen environments, mosses succeed by inhabiting the places other plants cannot.

“We’re busy looking for biological, ecological and cultural solutions to climate chaos,” says...

'Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses']]> 4 Fri, 09 Jul 2021 06:59:17 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/a-few-from-my-garden-this-morning.101022/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/a-few-from-my-garden-this-morning.101022/ invalid@example.com (Acerholic) Acerholic View attachment 216313 View attachment 216314 View attachment 216315 View attachment 216316 View attachment 216317
They are:- Arythrium niponicum Metallica, Arythrium niponicum Unknown fern, Arythrium niponicum Burgundy lace, Dryopteris lepidopoda Sunset fern and Arythrium niponicum Ursulas Red.]]> Tue, 15 Jun 2021 16:23:41 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/plants-of-the-north-shuswap.100837/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/plants-of-the-north-shuswap.100837/ invalid@example.com (Keith Elliott) Keith Elliott
So @Margot, once I had heard from Daniel, I looked up poison ivy and discovered it to be in the Sumac family. I think that most of the Sumac shrubs, or small trees up this way are a lot bigger than those in post #26. I did look up Sumac online, and if I remember correctly (which I may not) the local...

Plants of the North Shuswap.]]> 8 Wed, 02 Jun 2021 06:07:36 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/what-is-this-weed.100684/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/what-is-this-weed.100684/ invalid@example.com (icu222much) icu222much
imgur.com]]> 5 Wed, 12 May 2021 03:52:01 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/two-polystichum-ferns.98044/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/two-polystichum-ferns.98044/ invalid@example.com (wcutler) wcutler Polystichum polyblepharum, Japanese lace fern or tassel fern, in the wood fern family Dryopteridaceae, has been mentioned in a few threads now, two quite recent. I am posting this because I am still awed by its tidy architecture, but also as a comparison to another of the same genus. On this one, the fronds are very stiff and tough-looking and the pinnae are shiny.
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Quite nearby, both of these in Morton Park across from English Bay, is...

Two polystichum ferns]]> 8 Tue, 11 May 2021 06:53:03 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/palm-tree.100490/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/palm-tree.100490/ invalid@example.com (Dani6488) Dani6488
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View attachment 195915 View attachment 195916]]> 3 Fri, 30 Apr 2021 19:11:53 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/matteuccia-struthiopteris-ostrich-fern.98640/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/matteuccia-struthiopteris-ostrich-fern.98640/ invalid@example.com (wcutler) wcutler Three ferns for ID three years ago, and two of them were ferns I've been wondering about for a while in the West End. I finally came up with some names, two of which were in that posting. Maybe this time I'll learn them. I'll be happy to be corrected on the name of this, but I really think I have it - Matteuccia struthiopteris - Ostrich Fern. I found the descriptions on this page really...

Matteuccia struthiopteris - Ostrich Fern]]> 8 Thu, 29 Apr 2021 04:11:36 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/are-these-tails-from-the-same-kind-of-horses.100317/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/are-these-tails-from-the-same-kind-of-horses.100317/ invalid@example.com (David Tang) David Tang Are there two kinds of tails here ?]]> 4 Wed, 31 Mar 2021 07:30:13 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/sunset-fern.100085/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/sunset-fern.100085/ invalid@example.com (Acerholic) Acerholic My Drypoteris lepidopoda Sunset fern is producing lovely new fronds, so this morning first thing I thought I would capture a photo.
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Except for being unattractive, the...

Sword fern - brownish leaves]]> 25 Fri, 12 Mar 2021 20:55:54 +0000 https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/first-sporophytes-for-the-year.99986/ https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/first-sporophytes-for-the-year.99986/ invalid@example.com (Nik) Nik 1