Apart from the water needed for the plant to survive their method of reproduction requires water in another way. Mosses and ferns usually grow in damp places because they produce spores which once they have germinated produce a gametophyte which then produces the gametes (sperm and eggs). The sperm must be able to swim and so need a damp environment.
Water is a key element for plant growth, therefore it affects all plant systems including reproduction. Water contains nitrogen and minerals such as calcium, sulfur, potassium, magnesium, and phosphorus dissolved in it that the plant needs to grow and survive. Also, water evaporates through the leaves thus allowing carbon dioxide to enter.
mosses and ferns get water by absorbing the moistness
Ferns are vascular plants. They contain vascular strands that allow water and nutrients to be transferred throughout the the plant. Mosses lack the vascular strands(or tissue) causing the mosses to have a much smaller stature because they are not able to transfer nutrients very well.
Because mosses rely on diffusion to transport water up the cells and do not have the vessels found in plant cells that allow water to be carried upwards.
Both ferns and mosses are non-flowering vascular plants. They have specialized vascular tissue for the transport of water and nutrients. They reproduce using spores instead of seeds.
because ferns are found in many swamps and lakes. the have long green stems which produce semen (a type of polland that the plant produces if alot of water is near.Edited answer:Because mosses and ferns require water for the movement of their male gametes towards female gametes for fertilization.
mosses and ferns get water by absorbing the moistness
Ferns are vascular plants. They contain vascular strands that allow water and nutrients to be transferred throughout the the plant. Mosses lack the vascular strands(or tissue) causing the mosses to have a much smaller stature because they are not able to transfer nutrients very well.
Because mosses rely on diffusion to transport water up the cells and do not have the vessels found in plant cells that allow water to be carried upwards.
Ferns and mosses are alike in that they can reproduce sexually only when there is standing water. A film of water must cover the sporangium.
mosses, fissidens, java ferns, and pellia
Beacause they have a tube to carry food and water, while mosses do not
Both ferns and mosses are non-flowering vascular plants. They have specialized vascular tissue for the transport of water and nutrients. They reproduce using spores instead of seeds.
because ferns are found in many swamps and lakes. the have long green stems which produce semen (a type of polland that the plant produces if alot of water is near.Edited answer:Because mosses and ferns require water for the movement of their male gametes towards female gametes for fertilization.
Because ferns are vascular plants
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