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Because ferns are vascular plants
Eino Rolfson
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∙ 8y agoMosses are nonvascular while ferns are vascular. And mosses don't have vascular tissue.
Ferns have vascular tissue (xylem, phloem) and also true roots, stems, and leaves
Ferns have waxy covering (cuticle) to prevent water loss. They have lignin and cellulose in cell walls.
In ferns long lived spores prevent against dessication (drying out).
Ferns have stomata and guard cells to regulate gases exchange.
Mosses: lack all of those characteristics.
ferns are nonflowering plants which don't produce fruits and seeds.
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∙ 15y agomoss crawls across the gound forming a carpet of moss, and ferns spring upwards like a fountain. i think moss might be a paracitial fungi but im not sure
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∙ 11y agoFerns are more manly and are not pussies like that mosses guy
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Are there more ferns than club mosses?
Yes, there are more than 12,000 species of ferns alive tody. There are relatively few species of club mosses today.
Ferns are more advanced than mosses because mosses lack which structure found in ferns?
xylem
In what ways do club mosses and mosses differ from each other?
Club mosses are vascular plants with erect stems that bear spores in club-shaped, cone-like structures. And True mosses are non-vascular plants which have simple leaflike, rootlike, and stem like parts. They're not true leaves, roots, or stems because they lack vascular tissues.
How do the size of moss moss fern plants differ?
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.
Why cant ferns grow taller than mosses?
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.
Why do Vascular plants grow taller and thicker than mosses?
Beacause they have a tube to carry food and water, while mosses do not
What are the important features of a pteridophte?
Any of various vascular plants that reproduce by means of spores rather than by seeds, including the ferns and related plants, such as club mosses and horsetails.
Why do mosses and ferns need more water than other flowering plants?
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.
Why do you think ferns are in a lesson with gymnosperms rather than in a lesson with mosses?
Because ferns (Pteridophyta) and gymnosperms are part of the larger category of vascular plants (Tracheophyta) and share common features that mosses lack. Perhaps also because of the spurious notion that "seed ferns" (Pteridospermatophyta), the ancestors of the gymnosperms, evolved from ferns. In fact, "seed ferns" are a large, heterogeneous category of plants which are generally believed to be only distantly related to true ferns.
Is the sporophyte stage of a moss much larger than the gametophyte stage?
Ferns have a dominant sporophyte and a reduced gametophyte. As for moss, it depends on the type. If referring to mosses under the phylum Bryophyta (these are the nonvascular mosses) they have a dominant gametophyte. If referring to mosses under seedless vascular category, such as club mosses in the phylum Lycophyta, these plants have a dominant sporophyte and a reduced gametophyte.
Why phylum pterophyta has advanced characteristics than phylum lycophyta?
Phylum Pterophyta includes things such as ferns, which are fully functioning plants with leaves. Phylum Lycophyta includes things like mosses, which are less advanced than ferns.
Is it true All spore-producing plants have vascular tissues?
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