October 12, 2015

Fern

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ferntextOn July 24, 2014 the WooFPAK went on a Free Ranging tour of the forest! There they got to explore and hide in the ferns. I was intrigued to learn that ferns first appear in the fossil record 360 million years ago, but many of the current families and species did not appear until roughly 145 million years ago, afterwards flowering plants came to dominate many environments.

Wikipedia’s Fern Webpage to learn more

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