when William Williams died collecting the fernAlpine Woodsia(pictured) in 1861, his body was found at the foot of the cliff where the species was first found in the 17th century?
the Barnsley fern(pictured) was first described by and named after a mathematician, and despite its name, it is not a real fern?
Question 3: Rhizoids: ________-like structures (not true roots) that consist of single greatly-elongated cells, water and mineral salts are absorbed over the whole structure.
Question 4: ________ or Pteridium esculentum (bracken), the fiddleheads used as a cooked vegetable in Japan and are believed to be responsible for the high rate of stomach cancer in Japan.