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Biology
Plants
Clade Name Key Phylums Examples General Traits Keywords
Bryophytes hornworts,
(nonvascular) mosses, Gametophyte
liverworts dominate life
cycles
Reduced
sporophyte
All have
agellated
sperm
Sporophyte is
usually
dependent on
and attached to
gametophyte
for survival
Sporophyte
consists of a
seta, foot, and
sporangia
Gametophytes
are anchored
by rhizoids, not
roots
Vast majority
have no
vascular tissue
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Vast majority
grow to
minimal height
Most reside in
moist habitats
All have
agellated
sperm
Most reside in
moist habitats Roots:
Most are structural
heterosporous support and
Formed the water
rst forests absorption
during the from soil.
club moss,
Seedless Carboniferous Lignin: helped
qullworts,
Vascular Lycophytes, pterophytes period (ferns) to suport
fern,
Plants Vascular Tissue vascular tissue
horsetail
(xylem & and allow
phloem): water plants to grow
and nutrients higher.
could be Leaves:
transported improved
and survival in photosynthesis.
more arid
environments
become
possible.
Vascular
Seed Plants Seeds are not
enclosed and
usually found
on cones Pollen:
Vast majority Improved
Fir, spruce,
do not have fertilization
aspen, red
agellated e ciency
Gymnosperms wood,
sperm Seeds:
pine,
All are Improved
conifers
heterosporous dispersal and
Usually durability
microscopic
gametophyte
Ovules
Angiosperms/"Anthophyta"
Flowers
Fruits
Seeds reside in
fruit (ovaries)
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Most abundant
type of plants
living today
None have
agellated
sperm
Most can
exhibit double
fertilization
(some gymnos
too)
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