Igama elithi “fern” lisuka kwingcambu enye nelithi “insiba,” kodwa ayizizo zonke iifern ezinamagqabi anentsiba.Enye yeeferns zasekuhlaleni ngokulula inokubhidaniswa ne-ivy.Igama elibizwe kakuhle laseMelika lokukhwela i-fern yi-fern ehlala iluhlaza enezandla ezincinci ezifana "namaphepha" (igama lobugcisa ligama elithi "pinnules").Amagqabi ale fern akhwela kwaye azisongele kwezinye izityalo, umkhwa owenza ukuba zifane ne-ivies kunye neminye imidiliya yezityalo zeentyatyambo.
Apha emazantsi e-New England, sikufutshane nomda osemantla woluhlu olu hlobo, kodwa lwenzeka kwindawo kwindawo.I-fern inokubonwa ngokuthembekileyo unyaka nonyaka kwiindawo ezifanayo, ime ngaphandle ebusika xa uninzi lwezinye izityalo luphelile.Yijonge kwindawo ehlala isiphelo, ngakumbi kufutshane namanzi.
Igama lenzululwazi le-fern liyichaza kakuhle inkangeleko yayo.Igama lohlobo lweLygodium, elisuka kwingcambu yesiGrike, libhekisa ekuguquguqukeni kwesityalo njengoko sijija kwizityalo ezisixhasayo, kwaye igama leentlobo zegama elithi palmatum lisekwe kukufaniswa kwamacandelo kwisandla esivulekileyo.
Njengeentlobo ezininzi zezilwanyana, inamagama amaninzi esiNgesi: "i-Alice's fern" kunye "ne-Watson's fern" ngokuqinisekileyo ihlonipha abantu ngandlel 'ithile abanxulumene nesityalo."I-fern yolwimi lwenyoka" kunye "ne-fern erhubuluzayo" ibhekisela kwindlela yokuphila yeviny "njengokukhwela i-fern."Okunomdla wendawo ngamagama "Windsor fern" kunye nesetyenziswa ngokubanzi "Hartford fern," ebhekisela kubuninzi besityalo sangaphambili kwi-Connecticut River Valley, ngakumbi e-Connecticut.
Abemi abaninzi baseMelika abanyuka i-fern eConnecticut bavunwa kakhulu phakathi kwenkulungwane ye-19 ukuze basetyenziswe njengokuhombisa ikhaya.Iifern eziqokelelwe ngokurhweba zathengiswa ngabathengisi basesitratweni ezidolophini, kwaye abantu basendle behla.Umnqweno odumileyo weefern ngelo xesha wawuneengcaphephe zezityalo eziqokelela iifern kwi-herbaria yazo, abantu bekhulisa iifern kwizikhongozelo zeglasi emakhayeni abo, kunye nabahombisi besebenzisa iifern zendalo kunye nemizobo ezotyiweyo okanye ekroliweyo yeefern kwiindawo ezininzi.I-fern fad yayinegama layo elihle - i-pteridomania.
Ngexesha apho i-fern yethu yendalo yokunyuka iyancipha, iintlobo ezimbini ze-Old World ezitshatyalaliswayo ze-tropical zokunyuka kwe-fern eziye zaziswa emazantsi e-United States njengezinto zokuhombisa - i-Old World yokukhwela i-fern (i-Lygodium microphyllum) kunye ne-Japanese ekhuphuka i-fern (i-Lygodium japonicum) - ziye zahlasela.Ezi ntlobo zaziswayo zinokuluguqula kakhulu uluntu lwezityalo zemveli.Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, kukho ukudityaniswa okuncinci phakathi koluhlu lwemveli kunye neefern ezikhwelayo.Njengoko iintlobo eziveziweyo zikhula ngakumbi, nanjengoko ukufudumala kwehlabathi kuzivumela ukuba zihambe zisiya emantla, kusenokubakho intsebenziswano phakathi koMntla waseMelika kwaye yazisa iiferns ezingaqhelekanga.Ukongeza kuhlaselo lwezityalo ezingaqhelekanga, enye inkxalabo yeyokuba izinambuzane okanye ezinye izinto eziphilayo eziziswe ukulawula izityalo ezihlaselayo zinokusichaphazela isityalo salapha, ngeziphumo ezingekaqikelelwa kubuchule baso bokuphila.
Ukuba uhamba emahlathini kobu busika, hlala ujonge le fern engaqhelekanga, efana ne-ivy.Ukuba uyayibona, ungazikhumbuza ngembali yoxhatshazo lwezorhwebo lweentlobo kunye nokhuseleko lwasemthethweni kamva.Qwalasela indlela isityalo esinye esinikela ngayo ifestile kwiinkxalabo ezintsonkothileyo zebhayoloji yolondolozo.Ngobu busika ndiza kundwendwela abantu “abam” abanyukayo baseMelika, esinye sezityalo endizithandayo, kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba unalo ithuba lokuzifumana.
Ixesha lokuposa: Feb-21-2022