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Many scientists believe that ancient green algae evolved into land plants. The chloroplasts present in green algae are the same as those of land plants. In addition, green algae have cell walls of similar composition to land plants; both store food, such as starch, in the same manner. Most green algae live in freshwater habitats with highly variable conditions. The ongoing changes in their environment have made them highly adaptable.

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Many scientists believe that ancient green algae evolved into land plants. The chloroplasts present in green algae are the same as those of land plants. In addition, green algae have cell walls of similar composition to land plants; both store food, such as starch, in the same manner. Most green algae live in freshwater habitats with highly variable conditions. The ongoing changes in their environment have made them highly adaptable.

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Scientists believe that plants evolved directly from a freshwater green algae called charophyte. There are two different types of charophytes, coleochaetales and charales, which strongly resemble earliest land plants.

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Land plants are believed to have evolved from algae that came from oceans, to freshwater, to wet-dry coatlines, and developed into ferns/shrubs.

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