characteristics of Fern
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Characteristics of Fern.
Fern (Dryopteris)
- These are commonly called wooden ferns, has 250 species of Dryopteris and around 12,000 species of ferns.
- It is found in water as well as land.
- Some species are found in humid places and few in dry places.
- It consists of a horizontal root growing in soil called a rhizome and leaves are called fronds projecting upwards. The leaves are compound.
- On the underside of leaves (frond) are tiny, dark spots called sort that contain spores.
- The spores fertilize to give a sporophyte.
- The leaves are coiled when young and uncoil when they grow.
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