Azolla is a genus of seven species of aquatic ferns in the family Salviniaceae. They are extremely reduced in form and specialized, having a significantly different appearance to other ferns and more resembling some mosses or even duckweeds. Azolla filiculoides is one of two fern species for which a reference genome has been published. It is believed that this genus grew so prolifically during the Eocene that it triggered a global cooling event that has lasted to the present.
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Chromium and lead pollution was found in the water, mud, and fish of a river in southern India. In a lab test, feeding or exposing carp to a floating fern called Azolla reduced the metal damage to gills, liver, and muscle.
The floating ferns that carpet garden ponds and rice paddies host a hidden algae partner that changes how well the whole...
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