Asked by Emily Tudman on Jul 16, 2024
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Discuss how gymnosperms are different from bryophytes and ferns.
Gymnosperms
Seed-producing plants such as conifers that do not have flowers or fruit, with seeds often exposed or on the surface of scales or leaves.
Bryophytes
Non-vascular plants that include mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, characterized by their life cycle stages and lack of vascular tissue.
Ferns
A group of non-flowering plants that reproduce via spores and have large, divided leaves known as fronds.
- Distinguish and delineate between different plant families, such as angiosperms, gymnosperms, ferns, and bryophytes.
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Alicia HalbergJul 18, 2024
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Gymnosperms are vascular plants that produce seeds and windborne pollen grains. Bryophytes are not vascular plants whereas seedless vascular plants such as fern do not produce seeds or wind-borne pollen grains.
Learning Objectives
- Distinguish and delineate between different plant families, such as angiosperms, gymnosperms, ferns, and bryophytes.