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Why are gymnosperms said to be better adapted to terrestrial life than ferns?
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Why are ferns considered incompletely adapted to the terrestrial environment?
Their sperm are flagellated. The sperm of ferns, like those of mosses, have flagella and must swim through a film of water to fertilize eggs.
What plant does not have flowers?
Ferns, mosses and gymnosperms
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.
What are the four plants types?
Nonvascular plants Ferns Gymnosperms Flowering Plants
What are five examples of a vascular plant?
gymnosperms,angiosperms,horsetails,ferns,and ginko
Is a fir a gymnosperm?
Ferns are not gymnosperms. Gymnosperms are divided into 4 groups,cycads,ginkgoes,gnetophytes,and conifers.
What is the reproduction organ of a plant called?
For angiosperms: Flowers For gymnosperms: Cones For ferns: Spore
Are gymnosperm the oldest type of seed plant?
Seed ferns in Gymnosperms were the oldest seed plants but none of them is in living condition today.
Why mosses are not as well adapted to terrestrial life as ferns?
Because mosses do not have xylem and phloem as vascular system. Also the dominant plant body in mosses is gametophytic which needs more moist and shady places.
A plant that produces a naked seed?
Actually Pteridophytes are ferns and the like. They have spores. I think Gymnosperms is the term you're thinking of. It comes from the Greek for naked seed.
What non-flowering plants you can find in your garden?
Ferns, mosses and gymnosperms (such as pines, cedar, cycas, cycad)
What are seed plants that do not produce flowers called?
Seed ferns ( a primary group of Gymnosperms)
