These fronds play a crucial role in reproduction, featuring brown spores, also known as sporangia, on their undersides,' she ...

Fern leaves are known as fronds. Staghorn fern has two types of fronds – antler fronds and the shield fronds. Antler fronds grow up to 90cm long, are usually branched and are reminiscent of deer ...

The true staghorn ferns grow epiphytically on support ... somewhat of a missing link in the evolution of ferns. When the fern spore germinates, it first develops a flat, shieldlike structure ...