Tags: Fern.
Schizaea is a small genus of specialized ferns in the family Schizaeaceae. Some species are very small and inconspicuous and so may often be overlooked in nature. The genus is distinctive and not at all like the common conception of a fern; the barren fronds (trophophylls) are grass-like and the spore-bearing fertile frond (sporophyll) is similar but with a small pinnate fertile segment at its apex.
