They can range in size from just a few inches tall to more than 12 feet in the case of the tree ferns. Some types of ferns are tropical. Others quite hardy. Their versatility aside, ferns are valuable in the home and garden because they prefer shade. In the landscape, ferns bring fresh green life to those hard-to-design dim corners.
Prokaryotic cells have various shapes; the four basic shapes are: Cocci - spherical Bacilli - rod shaped Spirochaete - spiral shaped Vibrio - comma shaped.
A eukaryote is an organism with complex cells, or a single cell with a complex structure. In these cells the genetic material is organized into chromosomes in the cell nucleus. Animals, plants, algae and fungi are all eukaryotes. There are also eukaryotes amongst single-celled protists. In contrast, simpler organisms, such as bacteria and archaea, do not have nuclei and other complex cell structures. Such organisms are called prokaryotes. The eukaryotes are often treated as a superkingdom, or domain.