Bryophyte - Peat Moss
Hepatophyte – Liverwort
Byrophyte - Sphagnum Moss
Anthocerophyte – Hornwort
Lycophyta – Club Moss
Pterophyta – Fern
Sphenophyta – Horsetail
Psilophyta – Whisk Ferns
Gymnosperm - Gingko
Gymnosperm - Cycad
Gnetophye – Ephedra
Gymnosperm – Conifer
Photo Showing a male Pollen
Cone (Top) containing pollen grains
and a Female Seed Cone (bottom)
containing Scales (naked seeds)
1st Stage is Meiosis (sex cells form)
Alternation of Generations
Consists of Haploid (half DNA) Cells
Produce either spores or sperm & egg
2nd stage is Fertilization; sex cells unite
Bryophyte: Peat Moss
Bryophyte: Sphagnum Moss
Hint: itty Bitty
Fun Fact: Used by Florists
Non-Vascular; Spore Forming
Non-Vascular; Spore Forming
Fun Fact: Dried and Burned like
Resembles a Green Carpet
Wood in Ireland
Hepatophyte: Liverwort
Hint: Hepato Means Liver
Hepatitis – Liver disease
Anthocerophyte: Hornwort
Hint: Cero Means Horn
(Tri-Cerotops)
Non-Vascular; Spore Forming
Non-Vascular; Spore Forming
Fun Fact: Once Used to Treat
Fun Fact: Sporophyte continues
The liver – but it Doesn’t Work
to Grow Producing a Horn
Lycophyta: Club Moss
Sphenophyta: Horsetail
Hint: Lyco Podium (pose for picture)
Hint: Spheno Means End
Vascular; Spore Forming
Vascular; Spore Forming
Fun Fact: Once Dried & Ground
Fun Fact: Also Called Scouring
the Powder is Highly Flammable
Rushes. Were Used by the Pioneers
& Used early photography to
to Clean their Pots & Pans
Create a Flash
Pterophyta: Ferns
Psilophyta: Whisk Ferns
Hint: Pterodactyl – Ferns were
Hint: ‘Silly’ Looking Plant with
Dominated in the Jurassic Era
erratic branches & yellow
Vascular; Spore Forming
Globe-like ends
Fun Fact: Ferns Don’t have Leaves,
Vascular; Spore Forming
They have Fronds. Small Coiled
Fronds are Called Fiddleheads
Gymnosperm: Gingko
Gymnosperm: Cycad
Vascular; Naked Seeds (Scale)
Vascular; Naked Seeds (Scale)
Deciduous; Prehistoric
Evergreen (Tropical); Prehistoric
Fun Fact: Have Separate Sexes;
Fun Fact: Have Separate Sexes;
Wind Pollinated
Insect Pollinated
Gnetophyte: Ephedra
Gymnosperm: Conifer
Hint: Psuedoephedra
Hint: Pine Cones
Vascular; Naked Seed (Scale)
Vascular; Naked Seed (Scale)
Evergreen (Desert)
Evergreen
Fun Fact: Used to Make Cold
Fun Fact: Contains most of the
Medicine
Gymnosperm Family; Produce resin
Which can Harden to form Amber