ferns

• ferns are at their most diverse and abundant in the worlds tropical rainforests, the warm and humid ecosystem is perfect for these plants
• mosses and ferns grow on the forest floor and can survive on low levels of sunlight
• they have frond leaves that have a large surface area to maximise photosynthesis
• they lack flowers and seeds and reproduce via spores instead which is useful in the rainforest to reduce energy loss
• the leaves have slits in so that water can drip down and does not collect on the leaves and break them