Seedless vascular plants are often the first species to colonize an area after a forest fire

The correct answer to the statement: "Seedless vascular plants are often the first species to colonize an area after a forest fire", is TRUE.

It may seem contradictory as these plants require moist and shaded areas to grow, their fronds hold their reproductive cells; therefore, after a fire, it would have consumed their fronds, and thus their reproductive structure, the whole environment would be basically dry and instead of shade there would be lots of light due to the partial or total destruction of other species of plants and trees fronds; But, most of these plants are homosporous, that is, they produce spores which they release into the air. Moses spores, for example, could be carried also by birds or insects; either way, those spores may land on an adequate substrate to germinate which they will do upon the first contact with water, which will be needed to be fertilized, and so, they are often the first species to colonize an area either in a land settled for the first time, or in a land which has gone through destructive events such as fire. We must underline that we are speaking of moist or even damp habitats such as forest, where once these plants grow will have the conditions to survive.