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Also Known As cryptogam • vascular cryptogam • Pteridophyta • pteridophyte • seedless vascular plant

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Aleutian maidenhair fern
club moss
fern
xylem tracheids
fern anatomy
peacock fern
fern life cycle
bristly club moss
Tree of life illustrating the three-domain classification of life-forms
Observe a shield fern (Dryopteris) growing over two months
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Hooker, Sir William Jackson
Sir William Jackson Hooker
British botanist

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Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap
Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous
Demystified
Plant seedlings emerging from rich fertile soil
Do Plants Feel Pain?