Ferns, such as this Male-Fern, are a primitive plants having been around for 360 million years. They require damp habitats to distribute their spores

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Ferns, such as this Male-Fern, are a primitive plants having been around for 360 million years. They require damp habitats to distribute their spores from sporangia on the underside of the fronds

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Location: Scarborough, UK
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