What is the stem of a fern called?
Likewise, what are the parts of a fern?
The fern body consists of 3 major parts – the rhizome, the fronds and the sporangia. Find out more about the sporangia in this related interactive. The fronds are the leaves of the fern. There is usually a stalk (the stipe) with a flat blade (the lamina), often divided into segments.
Simply so, where is the true stem of a fern?
(2.1)The true stem of a fern grows underground. (2.2)All of the above-ground parts of a fern are known collectively as the frond. Ferns grow in a wide variety of habitats, from remote mountain elevations to dry desert rock faces to bodies of water to open fields.
A gametophyte is the plant that produces gametes. The fern gametophyte is a small (approximately 5 mm), bisexual, heart-shaped plant called a prothallus. The prothallus is haploid, since it grew from a spore which had been formed by meiosis. As the zygote grows into an embryo it remains attached to the prothallus.