{"id":6044,"date":"2012-04-05T15:14:51","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T19:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/?page_id=6044"},"modified":"2025-04-24T06:03:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T10:03:39","slug":"ferns","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/weed-images\/herbaceous-broadleaf-weeds\/ferns\/","title":{"rendered":"Herbaceous Broadleaf Weeds: Ferns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ferns do not have flowers. Rather, they have reproductive structures called sori which produce spores. 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