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Vascular Plants
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Have a dominant sporophyte.
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Vascular Tissue
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Xylem and phloem.
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Xylem
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Conduct water and minerals.
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Phloem
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Conducts organic material like sugar and amino acids.
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Roots
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They anchor the plant and enable absorption of water and nutrients from the soil.
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Microphylls
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Small leaves with only a single unbranched vein found on lycophytes.
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Megaphylls
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Leaves with a highly branched veins, or vascular system.
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Sporophylls
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A modified leaf with sporangium.
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Sori
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A cluster of sporangium found on ferns.
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Homosporous
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Produce one type of spore that develops into a bisexual gametophyte, producing bother male and female tissue.
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Heterosporous
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Production of two kinds of spores found in all seed plants and some seedless vascular plants.
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Megaspores
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Female gametophytes.
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Microspores
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Male gametophytes.
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Lycophyta
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Club mosses, spike mosses, and quillworts.
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Pterophyta
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Ferns, horsetails, and whisk ferns.
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