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Like the sporophytes of seed plants, those of ferns consist of stems, leaves and roots. … Leaf: The green, photosynthetic part of the plant is technically a megaphyll and in ferns, it is often referred to as a frond. New leaves typically expand by the unrolling of a tight spiral called a crozier or fiddlehead fern.