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The walking fern is named so because

Options

  1. AIts spores are able to walk
  2. BIt is dispersed through the agency of walking animals
  3. CIt propagates vegetatively by its leaf tips
  4. DIt known how to walk by itself

Correct answer

C. It propagates vegetatively by its leaf tips

Step-by-step solution

Adiantum caudatum is commonly called walking fern because its leaf tips when coming in contact with soil, form new plants as adventitious buds develop at leaf tips. This helps in the spread of fern over a large soil surface and thus, the name walking fern is derived.

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