Story: Ferns and lycophytes

Fertile leaves of crown fern (4th of 4)

Fertile leaves of crown fern

The crown fern (Blechnum discolor) produces fertile leaves covered with a band of sori on the undersurface of narrow leaflets.

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Photograph by Iona Wassilieff

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Patrick Brownsey, 'Ferns and lycophytes - Reproduction', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/10866/fertile-leaves-of-crown-fern (accessed 3 May 2024)

Story by Patrick Brownsey, published 24 Sep 2007