,

1

Red Moss capsules

Young sporophytes of the common moss

2

Kauri

Miro

2

Flax

Kowhai

2

Fern is the last but not the

least plant group. A fern is

any one of a group of

12,000 species of plants.

Unlike mosses, they

have xylem and phloem

(making them vascular

plants). They have

stems, leaves, and roots li

ke other vascular plants.

Ferns do not have either

seeds or flowers (they

reproduce via spores).

Athyrium filix-femina unrolling

young frond.

Adiantum lunulatum1

3

Pitcher plant or pit fall4

5

1- www.wikipedia.org

2- Gary Hunt, B.(2000). New Millennium

Science (1st

edition), Auckland; Longman

3- www.yahooanswers.com

4-www.serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/

biosites.html

5- Adrien Slack, B.(2000),Carnivorous Plants

(third edition), Great Britain; Penguin.