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Pterophytes also known as ferns are a common type of indoor or outdoor plant that has lots of unique leaves coming out from the center. Sometimes they have a small trunk connecting the leaves to the center instead of just going into the ground. Species like this include cyathea coopri(the straw tree fern ) and many other members from the cyatheaceae which is a family of tree ferns these species of plants mostly grow to 2-5 m. In case you do not know what a tree fern is look at the background of this page you will see a species of large growing fern.

Above is a species of fern mostly known as the maidenhair fern (not to be confused with the maidenhair tree page unique trees for details) which has delicate leaves its scientific name is Adiantum.

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