India’s first Cryptogamic Garden

• 12 Jul 2021

• India’s first cryptogamic garden housing nearly 50 species of lichens, ferns and fungi was inaugurated in Chakrata town of Uttarakhand’s Dehradun district on 11 July 2021.
• Cryptogamae means “hidden reproduction” referring to the fact that no seed, no flowers are produced. Thus, cryptogams represent the non-seed bearing plants.
• Algae, bryophytes (moss, liverworts), lichens, ferns and fungi are the best-known groups of cryptogams that require moist conditions to survive.