Plant Science Flashcards
Plants cannot…
Find water or food
Move quickly to escape predators
Avoid harsh weather
Locate a mate
-non-vascular
-restricted to a moist environment
-do not have true roots, stems or leaves
Phylum Bryophyta
Moss and liverworts
Phylum Bryophyta
Ferns
Phylum Filicinophyta
-vascular
-requires moist environment
-has true roots, stem and leaves
Phylum Filicinophyta
Cedar. Spruce, Douglas Fir and Giant Redwood Tree
Phylum Coniferophyta
-vascular
-produce seeds in cones
-true roots, stems, and leaves
Phylum Coniferophyta
Flowering Plants
Phylum Angiospermophyta
-vascular
-seeds are in special reproduction structures called flowers
-female reproductive ovary develops into a fruit
-true roots, stems and leaves
Phylum Angiospermophyta
Most advanced plant
Phylum Angiospermophyta
Angiospermophyta two distinct categories
Dicot and Monocot
Two cotyledons
Dicot
4x or 5x floral parts
Dicot
Net like veins
Dicot
Three pores in Pollen
Dicot