Question
What are canopy fern mats?
Short answer
They are thick mats of ferns growing in the branches of large redwoods. Marie has measured mats the size of cars, carrying thousands of fronds and more than a meter of soil.
Where this answer comes from
Marie E. Antoine
Marie E. Antoine is a Cal Poly Humboldt research associate who studies the living world inside the redwood canopy, and who is testing how to bring it back to forests that were cut.
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