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Broad buckler fern
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Dryopteris dilatata
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Secret spreaders
by Colour Your Life
The mating practices of hedgehogs have provided school boys (and girls) with endless scope for speculation over the years, but have you ever wondered how ferns reproduce? You only have to imagine a fern in your mind’s eye to know that they don’t have the showy flowers or copious seedheads of other plants, so how do they do it?