Question

Is a fern a gymnosperm?

Answer 1

Fern

1. No, they are not gymnosperms.
2. Pteridophytes include ferns.
3. It belongs to a category of vascular plants that reproduce via spores rather than flowers or seeds.
4. They have megaphylls (complex leaves), which are much more complex than clubmoss microphylls.
5. They are thought to have first emerged in the fossil record around 360 million years ago, during the mid-Devonian epoch (some species of it).
6. They are utilized as medicine, food, attractive plants, biofertilizers to remediate contaminated soil, and so on, despite their low economic value.