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The “walking” fern is so named because
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- it is dispersed through the agency of walking animals
- it propagates vegetatively by its leaf tips
- it knows how to walk by itself
- its spores are able to walk
Correct Option: B
Vegetative reproduction occurs in ferns by fragmentation of rhizome and growth of adventitious buds. In Adiantum caudatum the adventitious buds occur at the leaf tips. It is called the walking fern because of its ability to form new ferns whenever the leaf tip happens to come in contact with soil.
