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Ferns reproduce by launching extremely tiny dormant spores

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Long before seeds were invented, ferns were out here utilizing a completely different, almost magical method of reproduction. They grow weird little capsules under their leaves that forcefully catapult microscopic, single-celled spores into the wind. If the spore lands somewhere suitably damp, it grows into an entirely separate, bizarre intermediary plant before finally creating a new fern.

Ferns reproduce by launching extremely tiny dormant spores
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