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AngiospermVascular plant that produces fruits,

flowers and seeds. These adaptations represent a more effective way to live on land. When conditions are good,

angiosperms will outcompete gymnosperms, ferns and bryophytes.

Bryophyte

These primitive plants lack seeds and vascular tissue. This means that they must remain close to the ground and

rely on water for reproduction.

Chitin

This chemical is built by fungi as structural support for its cell walls. It is

a polysaccharide of glucose like cellulose.

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Fern

Example of plant that would be vascular but still use spores instead of

seeds. This kind of plant will often outcompete mosses since they can

grow taller and access more groundwater through longer roots.

Flower

These are the reproductive parts of the angiosperm plants. They entice

animals with nectar so that pollen will be transported to other plants for

fertilization.

Gymnosperm

Vascular plants with seeds but lack a fruit and flower. This group typically will have needle-like leaves and have reproductive structures called cones.



Hyphae

These are the filamentous structures that make up a Fungi. They make up both the reproductive fruiting body

found above the ground and the nutrient collecting network found underground called the mycelium.

LichenThese pioneer species live in nutrient

poor areas and start the process of succession. They are a symbiotic

parasitism between the kingdoms of Protista (algae) and Fungi.

Moss

This common plant belongs to phylum of Bryophytes. These type of plants are

fruitless, seedless, and non-vascular.

Hyphae


Mycelium

This word describes the vast underground network of nutrient

collecting fungal hyphae.

Mycorrhizae

This describes a mutualism between plants and fungi that relies on a trade

of phosphorous from the fungi for carbohydrates from the plants.

This describes all plants that are low to the ground because they cannot

transport water against the flow of gravity. Describes primitive plants like

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PollenMale reproductive cells that are

distributed by wind or animal and used for fertilization by gymnosperms and

angiosperms. Often the cause of human allergies.

Seeds

Fertilized plant egg cells that are surrounded by starches and a tough cellulose coating. Allows for greater

distribution and the ability to wait until conditions are favorable for growth.

This word describes how plants live anchored in place and unable to get up to find more favorable conditions in the

same manner as animals.Sess

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SporesThese cells are used in a primitive form

of plant reproduction. They are not protected by a seed coat and often rely

on water for their transport.

Terrestrial

This describes the rooted nature of plants. They are sessile and have roots

that are anchored in the “ground”.

Tissues

Groups of cells with a common structure (form) and function (job).


Vascular

This describes the use of tissues to move fluids (water or blood) against the pull of gravity. This allows plants to grow

taller (more access to sunlight) and have deeper roots (more support & access to water).

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