Bryophytes + Gymnosperms

Question 1

Alternate clusters
Pendant branches
Hyaline cells

Answer 1

Sphagnaceae (Sphagnum Moss)

Question 2

Thallus
Gemma cup with Gemmae

Answer 2

Marchantiales (Thallose Liverworts)

Question 3

Bulbous, egg leaves
Characteristic of old bonfire sites

Answer 3

Funariales

Question 4

Flat, almost 2D leaves
Large leaves
Hexagonal leaf cells

Answer 4

Hookeriales

Question 5

Most common species in Britain
Triangular leaves

Answer 5

Mnium Hornum
(Swan’s neck Thyme-moss)

Question 6

Tongue-like, undulate leaves
Multiple sporophyte to a single shoot

Answer 6

Plagiomnium undulatum
(Hart’s tongue Thyme moss)

Question 7

Grows in large hummocks on bog
Angle, box-like capsule

Answer 7

Polytrichum commune
(Common haircap)

Question 8

Spirally arranged needle leaves
White stomatal bands on leaf underside
Closed female cones surrounded by red aril

Answer 8

Taxaceae (Yew family)

Question 9

Spirally arranged needle leaves
Two-winged seeds
Open female cones; wooden with spiral scales

Answer 9

Pinaceace (Pine family)