Clipart illustrations of ferns. Ferns differ from normal plants (gymnosperms and angiosperms) by having spores instead of seeds, and are vasclar plants, differing from lycophytes by having true leaves, which are also known as megaphylls.
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Adderstongue, Southern
"Adder's tongue fern (Ophioglossum vulgatum L.). R, runner or stolon." -Gager, 1916... |
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Adderstongue, Southern
Ophioglossum vulgatum, or Southern Adderstongue is a fern-like plant commonly growing in sand dunes.... |
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Annuli
"The elastic ring which surrounds the spore case."-Whitney, 1902... |
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Antheridium of Bracken
An illustration of the anteridium of a bracken. An antheridium (plural: antheridia) is a haploid structure or organ producing and containing male gametes (called antherozoids or sperm). Brackens (Pt... |
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Archegonium of Bracken
An illustration of the archegonium of bracken. An archegonium (pl: archegonia), is a multicellular structure or organ of the gametophyte phase of certain plants producing and containing the ovum or f... |
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Aspidium, Pinnule of
An illustration of a pinnule of aspidium showing veins and sori.... |
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Asplenium, Pinnule of
An illustration of a pinnule of aspenium showing veins and sori.... |
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Bracken Branch
"End of Branch, Common Brake. Bracken (Brake), a species of fern very common in America and Europe generally, and often covering large areas on hillsides and on untilled grounds." -Vaughan, 1906... |
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Coal Ferns, Fossilized
The rocky ceiling of a coal mine is ornamented everywhere by exquisite tracery, inimitale representation of the delicate frond of ferns. Remove a scale of rock and we discover an exquisite fossilized ... |
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Coal Ferns, Fossilized
The rocky ceiling of a coal mine is ornamented everywhere by exquisite tracery, inimitale representation of the delicate frond of ferns. Remove a scale of rock and we discover an exquisite fossilized ... |
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Coal Ferns, Fossilized
The rocky ceiling of a coal mine is ornamented everywhere by exquisite tracery, inimitale representation of the delicate frond of ferns. Remove a scale of rock and we discover an exquisite fossilized ... |
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Ducts
Scalariform ducts of a Fern, torn into a band.... |
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Feloher from Nineveh
"One of an order of beings, the life-principles or geniuses or tutelary spirits of living beings, believed in and reverenced by the ancient Persians, adherents of the Zoroastrian religion. (Also) a na... |
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Fern
A common fern plant.... |
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Fern
A common fern plant.... |
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Fern Epidermis
"A, Upper epidermis; B, lower epidermis, of the fern, Drynaria meyeniana." -Gager, 1916... |
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Fern Fossil
"Fossil Fern (Neuropteris)." -Taylor, 1904... |
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Fern Fossil
A fossil fern (Pterophyllum) in a piece of jet.... |
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Fern Fossil
"Phlebopteris–a characteristic Oolite fern." -Taylor, 1904... |
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Fern frond
"Frond of fern bearing sporangia in sori."—Finley, 1917... |
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Fern Germination
"Germination of the spores of a fern. a, Before germination; b, early stage, showing protonema (pr.), and first rhizoid (rh); c, d, e, f, successive stages in the development of the prothallus." -Gage... |
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Fern Growth
"A, B, C, D, Successive stages of growth of prothallium from the spore in Osmunda cinnamomea; E, growth of fern plant from fertilized egg within the prothallium of Osmunda Claytoniana." -Stevens, 1916... |
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Fern Leaves
"Fern leaves, showing various degrees of subdivision or branching of the blade. A, Phyllitis; B, Polypodium; C, Pteris; D, Adiantum." -Gager, 1916... |
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Fern Prothallus
"Fern prothallus; cross-sections showing antheridia (an), sperms (sp), and rhizoids (rh). Below at the right is a sperm (sp) greatly enlarged." -Gager, 1916... |
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Fern Reproduction
"A, Antheridium containing sperm cells; B, archegonium containing an egg cell which has been found by five sperm cells. All from Osmunda cinnamomea." -Stevens, 1916... |