Funny Funny Ferns !

FERNS belong to Subphylum :PTERIDOPHYTA – “WINGED PLANT”

THE MOST PRIMITIVE TRACHEOPHYTES (Phylum) ARE THE FERNS

WHAT IS A “TRACHEOPHYTE?

TRACHEID CELL

Fetal Pig’s Trachea

What is a “PTERIDOPHYTA” A Winged Plant? Try to remember PTERODACTYL.

A long long time ago…

The earth was very different. It was warm, swampy and strange plants were colonizing the land.

Carboniferous ForestGiant ferns reached into the sky, and the moist soil was covered in mosses. Ancient plants that no longer exist grew thick upon the ground. Today we still use these forests in the form of coal and oil.

First ferns are estimated to be about 400 million year old

Morphology of Ferns

SEEDLESS VASCULAR PLANTS

Alternation of Generations

VERY SMALL HEART-SHAPED NON-VASCULAR GAMETOPHYTE WITH RHIZOIDS. Sporophyte sprouting up.

Ferns – Exhibit a DOMINANT SPOROPHYTE GENERATION

Local Ferns

DEER FERN

Maiden Hair Fern

Lady Fern

Bracken Fern

What did a fern rhizome say to its leaflets after they frolicked in the shade?

Will you be my “Frond”

What did the polite fern say to the other fern after they bumped fronds?

Oh I am so “SORI”

Why couldn’t the fern get a gig with the rock band?

Because I Could Only

Play The Fiddle

Why was it that the other plants didn’t want to play any board games with the spoiled fern?

He Was A “Spore” Looser

Why was the Fern seen Hitchhiking by the side of the road after his car broke down ?

He was desperate for a “Rhiz – Home”