Characteristics:
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Alterntaion of Generations:
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How is this different from animals?
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An ancestor of pants: charophyte
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Plant Group | Common Name | Representative organisms | Characteristics |
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bryophytes | Mosses (and Allies) | - non-vascular-reproduce using spores-grow low to the ground-require water for reproduction | |
Pteridophytes | ferns (and Allies) | - vascular Leaves are called fronds- reproduce using spores - spores encased in packets on the underside of the frond called sori-require water for reproduction | |
Gymnosperms | Conifers | - Vascular-reproduce using seeds-seeds are “naked” and develop on the scales of female cones - male cones are smaller and grow in clusters at the tips of branches- male cones spread by wind to female cones -sperm +egg = seed -seed falls to the ground and germinates into a new plant | |
Angiosperms | Flowering plants | - vascular-reproduce using seeds(covered/coated)- Pollen is carried by wind/animals -Once the seed is produced, the flower becomes fruit-seeds are then dispersed to the ground by various mechanisms and germinate into new plants |
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