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13-SEP-2011 Janice Dunn

Silver Fern

Murrays Bay, Auckland, NZ

Ferns do not produce seeds, but instead bear SPORES on the underside of their FRONDS.
SPOROPHYLL are fern FRONDS that bear SPORANGIA, e.g. the ‘fertile fronds’ of ferns.
SPORANGIA are clusters of SPORES found on the underside of a SPOROPHYLL.
SPORES are the asexual reproductive cells on ferns.
Fern spores are contained in SPORANGIA, which are borne on the leaf surface in clusters called SORI.
SORI come in all shapes, sizes and locations.
Here on the Silver fern they appear as small brown dots.

Canon EOS 50D ,Canon EF 50mm 1/8 ll
1/80s f/6.3 at 50.0mm iso250 full exif

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Guest 15-Sep-2011 15:57
Fabulous details!
Stephanie15-Sep-2011 12:15
What a wonderful capture of this fern Janice! Your dof is awesome and information excellent! :))
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