During the Paleozoic Era, dominant plant forms included ferns, horsetails, and early seed plants like conifers and cycads. These plants were the main producers in terrestrial ecosystems, contributing to the diversity and abundance of life during this time period.
The sporophyte generation is dominant in ferns.
Ferns are plants that have a prothallus with archegonia and antheridia. In ferns, the sporophyte generation is dominant, meaning it is the more visible and long-lived stage of the plant's life cycle compared to the gametophyte stage.
Mosses are non-vascular plants whereas ferns are vascular. In ferns Sporophyte is dominant but in mosses gametophyte is dominant generation. Ferns have definite roots but in mosses leaves and roots are mostly false.
The dominant stage in ferns is the sporophyte stage, which is the leafy plant that we typically see. The gametophyte stage is small and short-lived, developing from a spore and producing gametes for sexual reproduction.
In ferns, the dominant generation is the sporophyte.
During the Paleozoic Era, dominant plant forms included ferns, horsetails, and early seed plants like conifers and cycads. These plants were the main producers in terrestrial ecosystems, contributing to the diversity and abundance of life during this time period.
Ferns
The sporophyte generation is dominant in ferns.
Ferns were not introduced but evolved during late Paleozoic Era .
Conifers were the dominant trees during the Jurassic. Some types that existed at the time include Auracaria in the Southern Hemisphere and Sequioa in China. There were also cycads and gingkoes. Other plants include ferns, seed ferns, horsetails, and mosses.
Ferns are plants that have a prothallus with archegonia and antheridia. In ferns, the sporophyte generation is dominant, meaning it is the more visible and long-lived stage of the plant's life cycle compared to the gametophyte stage.
The dominant generation in ferns is the sporophyte generation. This generation produces spores through meiosis, which then develop into gametophytes. The gametophytes produce gametes that fuse to form a new sporophyte, completing the reproductive cycle of ferns.
Mosses are non-vascular plants whereas ferns are vascular. In ferns Sporophyte is dominant but in mosses gametophyte is dominant generation. Ferns have definite roots but in mosses leaves and roots are mostly false.
Mesozoic era
Cenozoic Era
Mesozoic