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Name for true ferns

Leptosporangiate

Define megaphyll

Leaves wit branched systems of veins

Advantages of a branched vascular system

Better photosynthetic activity and water delivery, sugar exports

Fern adaptations for land

Megaphylls, robust steles, robust sporophytes, better root systems, better water retention

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