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Are air ferns real plants?

April 26, 2017air ferns plants

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Are air ferns real plants?

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No. “These so-called “ferns” are dead and dried colonies of hydrozoans, colonies of marine hydroids, class Hydrozoa, phylum Cnidaria. Hydroids are related to corals and jellyfish….Despite a superficial resemblance to plants, they are actually animal skeletons or shells.