ferns are flowerless, spore producing plants, with roots, stems, and leaves called fronds. they developed from the earliest vascular plants, such as cooksonia. ferns first appeared in the devonian period. ferns remain succsessful plants today - there are over 12,000 living varieties. ferns are great survivors after volcanic eruptions, they are the first plants to grow again in a landscape. i think ferns are cool plants.
