Seward Park Sword Fern Die-off

My initial shock has diminished - at the broad loss of sword ferns to the north of Ground Zero, between the Hatchery enclosure and the sqebe...

Astute reader Betsy Dowling, a Seattle native now studying urban horticulture at Mesa Community College in Arizona, noticed the similarity b...

When I returned to Ground Zero a week after the two lines of twelve ferns were planted, in order to take the first set of time-lapse photos,...

In February we planted three lines of young sword ferns, twelve ferns in each line.  These ferns were part of our annual generous allotment ...

Amy Lucas, Senior Park Planner with Snohomish County Parks, reports: We recently received a citizen report of a similar die-off at our L...

In September, Darrell Howe reported some isolated sword fern die-off at one spot on Bainbridge Island, on the trail between Fort Ward and Bl...

Erik Kingfisher, Director of the Jefferson Land Trust , along with his daughter Samara, paid a citizen science visit a few weeks ago to F...