Welcome to our updated C-Fern® website!.

We have transferred and reorganized all of the information available on the old site, added additional information and features to be more acessible and user friendly. In order to better serve C-Fern users, a number of features are now only available after completion of a free registration and login, these are tagged below with ^◊.

1. The following sections provide the majority of Background and Technical Information to users

• Introduction to C-Fern - This section provides an overview of using C-Fern for teaching and research
• Using C-Fern - Detailed information on how to successfully grow and handle C-Fern in a classroom or research situation
• Teaching with C-Fern - Materials to assist teachers in using C-Fern in the classroom

The investigation Chemical Attraction - C-Fern Sperm Chemotaxis is now available for FREE DOWNLOAD in PDF format!

C-Fern Express™ is a select strain of an uncommon fern, Ceratopteris. It was derived by Dr. Les Hickok from two Japanese varieties of C. thalictroides that exhibited very rapid sporophyte development. Its novel features and rapid development time make it superb for teaching, especially plant life cycles and Alternation of Generations.