An order of cryptogamous plants, the Filices, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow epiphytically on trees, and in tropical climates often attain a gigantic size.
A group of about 11,000 species of vascular seedless plants in the division Pterophyta. About 75% of the fern species are found in the tropics.
a broadleaf pteridophyte of the order Filicales, typically with much-divided leaves and spore reproduction.
In damp places in woods, ravines, and rocky crevices grow the feathery green ferns. They may be recognized by the shape of their leaves, known as fronds. These have a single midrib, with small leaflets branching off from either side. The leaflets may be delicately cut into toothed or lobed edges. Most of the familiar ferns grow from a creeping underground stem called a rootstock.
any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
an example of this type of plant
a plant that does not produce any seeds
a spore-shedding higher plant
a vascular plant that differs from the more primitive
A plant that does not have flowers or seeds. Ferns have fronds (large type of leaf) and spores (a little bit like a seed, but works differently).
Plant that has many small waterproof leaves. Reproduces using spores.
a type of plant that reproduces using spores instead of seeds.
A vascular plant bearing spores (rather than seeds), with flattened leaflike "fronds" further divided. Some flowering plants (Achillea, yarrow; Conium maculatum, poison-hemlock; and the common house plant "asparagus fern," for example) have leaves which superficially resemble ferns, but they are, in fact, flowering plants and not ferns.
A versatile green non-flowering plant with long leafy fronds. Add greenery to any location or bouquet with this plant. They are hearty and will last for months if properly watered.
a type of plant with large, divided leaves. First found in the Devonian. During the Palaeozoic era tree-ferns, some up to several metres in height, dominated the forest vegetation. Today ferns grow mostly as smaller plants and tree ferns are rare.
any of a large class (Filicopsida) of flowerless spore-producing vascular plants; especially : any of an order (Filicales) of homosporous plants possessing roots, stems, and leaflike fronds.
Ferns are non-flowering vascular plants with rhizomes that were plentiful during the Mesozoic Era and usually live in warm, moist areas. Ferns have fronds divided into leaflets. Classification: Plyla: Lycophyta (lower ferns like clubmosses), Pterophyta (ferns), Psilophyta (whisk ferns) (true ferns belong to the Class Filices).
A fern is any one of a group of about 20,000 species of plants classified in the phylum or division Pteridophyta, also known as Filicophyta. The group is also referred to as polypodiophyta, or polypodiopsida when treated as a subdivision of tracheophyta (vascular plants). The study of ferns is called pteridology; one who studies ferns is called a pteridologist.