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	Fern
		A fern is defined as a vascular plant that reproduces by shedding spore to initiate an alternation of generations, and forms new fronds by circinate vernation.
		Ferns have traditionally been grouped in the class Filices, but some modern classifications assign them their own division in the plant kingdom, which may be known as Pterophyta or Filicophyta.
		Ferns of the genus Azolla, which are very small, floating plants which do not look like ferns, and are called mosquito fern[?], are used as a biological fertilizer in the rice paddies of southeast Asia.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pt/Pterophyta.html (360 words)

	Mosquito fern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mosquito ferns, genus Azolla, also called water ferns and duckweed ferns because they are often found growing alongside with duckweed species, are a peculiar genus (the only genus in the family Azollaceae) of six species of aquatic ferns.
		Mosquito ferns float on the surface of water by means of numerous, small, closely-overlapping scale-like leaves, with their roots floating in the water.
		Mosquito ferns, however, are also serious weeds in many parts of the world, covering bodies of water so thickly that no water is exposed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mosquito_fern (638 words)

	Mosquito Fern
		Mosquito Fern or Azolla is a small free-floating fern approximately 1 to 3/8 inches wide.
		Mosquito ferns can vary in color from green to red and are generally found in quiet ponds protected from wind action.
		Mosquito ferns can be aggressive invaders in quiet ponds and are often found mixed in with duckweeds or watermeal.
	aquaplant.tamu.edu /database/floating_plants/mosquito_fern.htm (168 words)

	Mosquito Fern - Management Options
		Mosquito fern can be removed by raking or seining it from the pond's surface.
		Grass carp stocking rates to control mosquito fern are usually in the range of 7 to 15 per surface acre or more.
		Mosquito fern prefers slightly acidic water and can be collected and transferred during the spring or summer.
	aquaplant.tamu.edu /database/floating_plants/mosquito_fern_mgmt.htm (464 words)

	Missouri Ferns
		Ferns grow on sea-sprayed cliffs, in the crevices of rocks and bluffs, in lakes and rivers, in high mountainous regions and even in semi-deserts.
		Fern allies are species of plants that have been historically grouped with the true ferns because of similarities in reproduction and their internal systems for the circulation of water and food.
		Missouri's ferns and fern allies can be traced to ancient climatic or geographic connections to northern forests, to dry regions of the southwest and to the moist, warm tropical forests of the Central America and the Caribbean.
	mdc.mo.gov /conmag/2003/03/10.htm (1586 words)

	Ferns - Perennials
		Ferns and the south are synonymous -- large containers or hanging baskets of Boston ferns have graced front porches for years.
		This diminutive fern turns bright red in the fall, then dies back and settles to the bottom of the pond, and waits for the warmer water of spring.
		It is a fern of true global economic importance--it is the green manure crop grown in Asia which is plowed under to fertilize the rice crop.
	www.arhomeandgarden.org /landscaping/Perennials/ferns.htm (1483 words)

	Daily Record MorrisLife - Feather-like ferns bring varieties of green to garden's shade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This woodland fern is in the young 'fiddlehead' stage, resembling the scroll of a violin.
		Ferns are resilient if handled properly, says Judith Jones, a commercial grower from Gold Bar, Wash. "Most woodland ferns that are commercially available are remarkably tolerant of widely varying conditions when grown in light shade with modest moisture in humus-rich soil," says Jones, who ships her plants nationwide.
		Ferns look great when used as stand-alone plants in shaded corners, as foundation foliage masking the drab look of concrete blocks, as the centerpiece in foliage or shade gardens, as bird and animal habitat around trees and fences, as groundcover for otherwise eroding slopes and in hanging baskets, displayed inside or out.
	www.dailyrecord.com /morrislife/morrislife4-ferns.htm (777 words)

	MOSQUITO FERN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Mosquito Fern prefers moderately dry climates, but where saline soils are not widespread (so that salt does not rise to intolerable levels during the water-level reduction which seems necessary for its development).
		The Mexican Mosquito Fern is considered threatened on a provincial and national status.
		Ponds where the fern had been reported to be abundant at the beginning of the century have been damaged and destroyed.
	rbcm1.rbcm.gov.bc.ca /end_species/species/mfern.html (1124 words)

	Ferns: Of Fern Forest and South Florida
		I've put together a short key to Fern Forest ferns in which the focus is on features easy to use in the field.
		Ferns of the southeastern States: descriptions of the fern-plants growing naturally in the States south of the Virginia-Kentucky state line and east of the Mississippi River.
		Small also published a Ferns of Florida (1932), which i haven't tracked down, along with a couple smaller works on ferns of Royal Palm Hammock, and ferns of Tropical Florida, both of which were recently reprinted in one volume by Micanopy Press.
	fig.cox.miami.edu /~scofield/sofl_plants/fern_index.html (455 words)

	Bedford Audubon Society
		Azolla, the mosquito fern, is the world’s most important fern economically because it is used as a fertilizer in the rice paddies of southern China and Vietnam.
		Ostrich fern fiddleheads are popularly eaten in the eastern North America and are the largest export crop of New Brunswick, Canada.
		Ferns, are also used in construction, such as tree fern trunks in the tropics, and for making baskets, as is done with the rachises of Lygodium, a climbing fern.
	www.bedfordaudubon.org (458 words)

	Wikinfo \| Fern
		Fern, or pteridophyte, is any one of a group of some twenty thousand species of plants classified in the Division Pterophyta or Filicophyta.
		A fern is defined as a vascular plant that reproduces by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.
		A group of plants termed ophioglossoids was once considered among the true ferns, but is now regarded as an isolated group (see "fern-allies." These are species formerly grouped in the Family Ophioglossaceae: adders-tongues and grape-ferns.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Fern (474 words)

	Rarities: San Francisco's Ferns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ferns make up one of the most popular groups of plants, exhibiting a tremendous variety of forms, shapes and unique life cycles.
		While ferns are typically associated with moist areas such as forests and streams, many of California's species occur in dry situations.
		The cheerful lady fern embodies the very essence of rebirth of hope in late winter when the unfurling fresh light green fronds contrast with the deeper green of other plants and the dark brown of last year’s fronds and leaf litter.
	www.cnps-yerbabuena.org /rare_ferns_sf.htm (887 words)

	Robyn's Mosquito Page
		If you raise aquarium fry outdoors, expect mosquito larvae to appear unless you add mosquito dunks, at least until the fry are large enough to eat the larvae.
		By avoiding the outdoors at dawn and dusk and after dark during certain times of the year, by wearing long pants and shirts, and by using insect repellent sprays, the chances of being bitten are greatly reduced.
		Bug zappers have been shown to include a kill which is comprised of less than 1% mosquitoes, and the vast majority of victims are beneficial insects including those that would have eaten mosquitoes.
	www.fishpondinfo.com /mosquito.htm (1470 words)

	Azolla filiculoides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This phenomenon is usually not seen in home water gardens in the St. Louis area where it is recommended that some plants be lifted each year in fall before first frost and overwintered in a saucer of moist soil in a bright frost-free area or in an aquarium.
		Mosquito fern is a deciduous, free-floating, aquatic perennial fern that forms rapidly expanding, moss-like mats of foliage (to 1/2” tall) on still water surfaces.
		This fern is native to lakes, ponds, streams and rivers in both North and South America.
	www.mobot.org /gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=A619 (374 words)

	MyMotherLode.com - Local News - Serving Tuolumne, Calaveras and Amador Counties
		Ferns dominated the vegetation scene in the Carboniferous Period, known as the age of ferns.
		These ferns are attractive as focal points and, as with all ferns, are best grown in their natural conditions, namely in rich humus soil and kept constantly moist.
		The autumn ferns have done the best for her but the western are new and should do well as they mature as they are natives.
	www.mymotherlode.com /News/article/kvml/1138235960 (802 words)

	An Overview and Informal Key of the Ferns of Florida
		As the fern grows from the underside of the prothallus, it unrolls in a characteristic growth form referred to as a fiddlehead, eventually reaches the mature stage, and produces spores to continue the life cycle.
		The frond is a fern leaf attached to the main axis of growth; the point of attachment may be below or above ground (Figure 2).
		For example, a pinnate-pinnatifid fern has pinnae that are pinnate, attached to the rachis as in Figure 2, but each pinna is itself pinnatifid (see Figure 3 and Figure 4).
	edis.ifas.ufl.edu /UW217 (2726 words)

	Pond Web
		To keep the Fairy moss or the Mosquito fern under control you will need to thin it out four to five times a season so that the quality of the water remains high for the fish and the other plants in the water.
		The Fairy moss and the North Carolina mosquito fern are members of a special family of ferns in the aquatic world.
		The Fairy moss, otherwise known as the Mosquito fern will only grow to be about an inch above the water surface, with no great shows of flowers for your enjoyment but the changing colors of the plant itself in the bright sunlight is its most wanted aspect.
	www.pondweb.com /content/view/54/2 (427 words)

	Plant List Page 1
		A minute floating fern mutualistic with cyanobacteria often grown in rice paddies for nitrogen fixation.
		Tropical fern which grows epiphytically in the old leaf bases of palms and cycads.
		An unusual epiphytic fern with flat sterile fronds and antler-like fertile fronds.
	www.sjc.cc.nm.us /print/1064.asp (382 words)

	Botanical Updates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mosquito ferns persist: photosynthesizing, producing oxygen, providing food for waterfowl and creating habitat for a variety of aquatic invertebrates.
		If you watch the ducks as they plough head down through the mosquito ferns, you’ll see they are actively feeding on the invertebrates on the underside of the matt of ferns – coots will even eat the ferns themselves.
		Control measures are sometimes attempted for mosquito fern blooms, and have included physical skimming and removal, parasitic weevils, and tarragon oil.
	www.geog.ubc.ca /~brian/florae/botanicalupdates.html (1464 words)

	Mosquito fern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Mosquito ferns, genus Azolla, are a peculiar genus (the only genus in the family Azollaceae) of six species of aquatic ferns.
		Mosquito ferns float on the surface of water with their roots floating in the water.
		When rice paddies are flooded in the spring, they can be inoculated with Azolla, which then quickly multiplies to cover the water.
	mosquito-fern.iqnaut.net (297 words)

	mosquito fern definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		mosquito fern definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		mos·qui·to fern (plural mos·qui·to ferns or mos·qui·to fern)
		small floating fern: a small fern that has branched stems with small leaves resembling scales and floats on freshwater ponds and lakes.
	encarta.msn.com /dictionary_1861693815/mosquito_fern.html (104 words)

	Carolina Mosquito Fern \| Azolla caroliniana in Family Azollaceae ... Aquatic Plant Species
		The aquatic plant Azolla caroliniana whose common name is Carolina Mosquito Fern which belongs to the family Azollaceae is a native plant of the USA.
		Carolina Mosquito Fern is an annual aquatic which menas it lasts for a single growing season only.
		The leaves of Carolina Mosquito Fern are narrow.
	www.garden-pond-plants.com /plantmerge/azollacaroliniana.htm (224 words)

	Fern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The study of ferns is called pteridology; one who studies ferns is called a pteridologist.
		One possible means of treating this situation is to consider only the leptosporangiate ferns as "true" ferns, while considering the other three groups as "fern allies".
		Unidentified fern with spores showing in Rotorua, NZ.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fern (1577 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Plants - Ferns
		This site is an introduction to the ferns in the form of a phylogenetic tree with information on biology, life cycles, morphology, and systematics.
		An excellent fern site with information and photographs of the ferns of southern Florida with a key to species.
		A gallery of photographs with associated information on ferns from the state of Connecticut.
	www.nearctica.com /nathist/vascular/fern.htm (212 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Azolla is a small fern like floater that can easily cover a pond's surface area, if allowed to spread normally.
		This is a great plant to have when combating algae as it competes directly with the algae need and ability to fix Nitrogen in the water.
		It is also a great mosquito plant, as it can spread to cover all standing water, leaving no room for mosquito larvae.
	www.iheartmypond.com /topic.asp?article=279 (104 words)

	mosquito - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Mosquito, mosquito : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		Phrases that include mosquito: mosquito net, mosquito boat, mosquito fern, asian tiger mosquito, mosquito coast, more...
		Words similar to mosquito: mosquitoes, mosquitoey, aedes, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=mosquito&ls=a (318 words)

	Ferns by Garden Country
		Description: This fern, found in ponds, slow streams and bayous, appears as a mass of floating plants.
		It's leaves appear reddish in the sun but a gray-green in the sade.
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	www.gardencountry.com /pages/ferns/mosquito.html (49 words)

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