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Opisthoncus sp. on Asplenium sp.
31-OCT-2025
Kings Domain, Melbourne, Vic
A western oakfern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris) in Hemlock Palustrine Forest, Pennsylvania, USA
by Alan Cressler
April 2025
(it's a graveyard of ferns)
FERNS (on the trail) - Composition Thursday
© Erik McGregor - [email protected]
Look, I know we are talking about Minecraft™️ here. But... This sentence... hurts...
Phylum Round 2
Polypodiophyta vs Bryophyta
Polypodiophyta
Bryophyta
Plants That Can Grow On Walls, Apparently
Polypodiophyta (ferns): If a fractal was a plant. The tallest tree fern, Cyathea intermedia, can grow up to 100 feet (30 meters) tall.
Broyphyta: a moss-like moss plant. Have been used as insulation, wound dressings, and to absorb menstrual fluids.
None of you thought it might be important to tell me that ferns have sperm that swim???
So.
None of you thought it might be important to tell me that ferns have sperm that swim??? I just had to find all this out on my own?
And, (apparently, & no one thought to bring this up either🙄) fern plants are only one form… they have this 'other form' (tiny, ephemeral, difficult to find in the wild) alternates generations-- Fern spores don't grow into ferns! (WHAT) they grow into 'gemetophytes' (WHAT) THEN you get a fern.
Feel like I've uncovered a massive scandal.
Bracken by nutmeg66 on Flickr.
This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
