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Why do mosses and ferns need more water than other flowering plants?
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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.
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Because mosses and ferns require water for the movement of their male gametes towards female gametes for fertilization.
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How do non-flowering plants reproduce?
Many non-flowering plants (such as ferns) reproduce by means of spores; the other major non-flowering plant group are gymnosperms, which produce seed, but in cones not flowers
What are 3 non flowering plants?
Non-flowering plants include: conifers and other gymnosperms ferns clubmosses hornworts liverworts mosses green algae
What are non examples of plant?
Non-flowering plants include: conifers and other gymnosperms ferns clubmosses hornworts liverworts mosses green algae
Similarities between flowering and non flowering plants?
Flowering plants have flowers, non-flowering plants do notFlowering plants produce seeds, non-flowering do not (normally spore)Gametophytes are independent in non-flowering plants, these are dependent on sporophytes in flowering plants.
If angiosperm is a flowering plant what is a non-flowering plant called?
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How do non-flowering plants reproduce?
Many non-flowering plants (such as ferns) reproduce by means of spores; the other major non-flowering plant group are gymnosperms, which produce seed, but in cones not flowers
What plant is non-flowering plant?
The most popular non-flowering plants are probably mosses, ferns, and conifers (example: pine trees). and what they are are plants that have no flowers Yes, that is exactly right. Plants with no flowers. Plants without flowers will reproduce by a naked seed (gymnosperms, like conifers), which is a seed without a flower (flowering plants have their seed encased in the ovary of the flower during pollination), or by spores (ferns, mosses).
What are examples of non flowering plant?
Non-flowering plants include: conifers and other gymnosperms ferns clubmosses hornworts liverworts mosses green algae
What are 3 non flowering plants?
Non-flowering plants include: conifers and other gymnosperms ferns clubmosses hornworts liverworts mosses green algae
What are non examples of plant?
Non-flowering plants include: conifers and other gymnosperms ferns clubmosses hornworts liverworts mosses green algae
Similarities between flowering and non flowering plants?
Flowering plants have flowers, non-flowering plants do notFlowering plants produce seeds, non-flowering do not (normally spore)Gametophytes are independent in non-flowering plants, these are dependent on sporophytes in flowering plants.
Example of non flowering plant?
A plant which reproduces through structures other than seed
Mosses and ferns are reproduce by what insted of seeds?
I believe mosses and ferns release spores that become other mosses and ferns later on.
What were the plants and animals in the period of the dinosaurs?
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If angiosperm is a flowering plant what is a non-flowering plant called?
There is no single term for non-flowering plants. There are several types of non-flowering plants: bryophytes, seedless vascular plants, and gymnosperms. Mosses and liverorts are called Bryophytes, the simplest of the non-flowering plants. They lack special food and water conducting tissues found in other plants. Seedless vascular plants (plants that have food and water conducting tissues but reproduce by spores, not seeds) include ferns and clubmosses. Gymnosperms include the conifers (Pines, etc.) that produce seeds from cones, not flowers.
What are the plants that can produce their own food?
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Is a salmonberry an angiosperm?
Angiosperm. Angiosperms are flowering plants, and gymnosperms (are plants with naked seeds) are mostly conifers and cycads. Basically, angiosperms are plants with flowers, gymnosperms are all other vascular seed plants that don't have flowers. (There are other plants like ferns and mosses that don't fit into either groups.) Strawberries, you probably know, have flowers. They are actually in the rose family, Rosaceae.
