Ferns
These plants have no flowers and reproduce by means of spores which can be found in clusters on the back of leaves.
Ferns first appear in the fossil record in the early Carboniferous period about 350 million years ago.
They usually grow in damp, shady areas.
In many ferns, the newly emerging frond is called a fiddlehead because it looks like the carved spiral at the end of a violin!
