Fern plants. Like all other vascular plants, the diploid sporophyte is the dominant phase or generation in the life cycle. The gametophytes of ferns, however, are very different from those of seed plants. They are free-living and resemble liverworts, whereas those of seed plants develop within the spore wall and are dependent on the parent sporophyte for their nutrition. A fern gametophyte typically consists of: Ferns first appear in the fossil record in the early Carboniferous period. By the Triassic, the first evidence of ferns related to several modern families appeared. The great fern radiation occurred in the late Cretaceous, when
Michael Ferns home. The film was screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Glasgow Film Festival. Chris Binding of Flick Feat wrote " Michael Ferns produced a powerful short dramatizing the emotional correspondence that tied many young soldiers to home." Ferns is currently working on the short film "A Cold Day in June" which stars Kathryn Howden, Tracy Wiles and Daniel Kerr who won the Best Acting Performance prize at the 2013 British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards. Michael Ferns Michael Ferns is a Scottish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his debut feature film "Kirk" about