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Whatcharacteristic distinguishes bryophytes from higher plants?

Xylem and Phloem

Define: Thallus

Plant body that is not differentiated into roots, stems, or leaves

Name 3 broad types of bryophytes

Mosses, hornworts, liverworts

What is a rhizoid?

A rhizoid is what anchors bryophytes to a substrate

Name one method of bryophyte asexual reproduction

Fragmentation

Name the male gametangia

Antheridia

Name the female gametangia

Archegonia

What external condition is needed for a bryophyte to reproduce?

Water

What is matrotrophy?

Nutrition provided by mother

Name the short side branch of leaf liverworts that bear antheridia

Androecia

Name 2 characteristics of bryophyte sperm

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Where are peat bogs found?

Worldwide

How does sphagnum modify it's environment?

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What is an operculum?

The "lid" of the capsule of the Sporophyte

What is a hyalocyst?

Large, dead cell that fill with water in Spaghnum

What is hydroid?

Water conducting cells in brydae. They are elongated with inclined cell walls.

What is a leptoid?

Food conducting cells in brydae. They surround the hydroids.

What anatomic feature is characteristic of class Bryidae?

Peristome

Where is a hornworts meristem tissue located?

Between the foot and sporangium.

Vascular cambium produces?

Xylem and Phloem

Types of growth in vascular plants?

Primary growth- Increase in length at tips of stems and roots


Secondary growth- thickets stems and roots



What is a stele? What types of steles are there?

A stele is a central, cylinder, tissue inside the roots and stems in vascular plants.




Types: Protostele, Siphonstele (seedless, vascular plants), Eustele (seed plants)

What is a microphyll and megaphyll?

Microphyll- Small leaves with only a single strand of vascular tissue (Protostele plants)




Megaphyll- More than a single strand of vascular tissue (Siphonstele, Eustele plants)

What is a heterospory?

The production of 2 spores in 2 different sporangia...


microspores- male gametophytes produced in microsprangia...


megaspores- female gametes produced in megasporangia.

What is an ovule? What is a seed?

An ovule is the structure which develops into a seed.


A seed is the embryo-containing megasporangium, unit of dispersal.

What does gymnosperm mean?

Naked seed

How does pine pollen achieve pollination?

Pollination drops collect pollen and send through plant

What does angiosperm mean?

"Vessel" + "Seed"