Aaron Hile
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Common Name: Mosses
Phyla Name: Bryophyta
Main Plant Group: Seedless
Nonvascular
Characteristics: No true leaves, rhizoids
Habitat: Live in moist Environments
Reproduction: Reproduce using Spores
Ex: Moss, Sphagnum, Dicranoweisia
cirrata
Info: Can enter a stage of dormancy
when water is not present.
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Common Name: Liverworts
Phyla Name: Hepaticophyta
Main Plant Group: Seedless Nonvascular
Characteristics: Get moisture directly from the
surface of soil, 2 mm to 25 cm
Habitat: Live in moist, damp environments
Reproduction: Produce eggs on umbrella
structures, free standing water moves sperm.
Ex: Porella platyphylla and Riccia fluitans
Info: The phylum name is frequently
misspelled in textbooks as “Hepatophyta”
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Common Name: Hornworts
Phyla Name: Anthrocerophyta
Main Plant Group: Seedless Nonvascular
Characteristics: Grow Low to Ground, flat body
Habitat: Near water, Tropical Environments
Reproduction: Reproduce by spores that from the
green horns coming up from the flat part of the
plant. Rely on free standing water to allow sperm to
swim and fertilize the egg.
Ex: Dendroceros crispus, Ceratophyllum demersum
Info: New Zealand has the largest leafy hornwart.
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Common Name: Club Mosses
Phyla Name: Lycophyta
Main Plant Group: Seedless Vascular
Habitat: Moist Shady Woodlands
Reproduction: Spores
Characteristics: Small Flowerless, True Roots
Examples: Spike Moss, Lycopodium
Info: Leaves look like scales
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Common Name: Ferns
Phyla Name: Pterophyta
Main Plant Group: Seedless Vascular
Characteristics: Short stems, vertical ribs.
Shaded, moist woodlands.
Reproduction: Depends on the water.
Examples: Whisk Ferns
Info: Can grow over 2 stories high
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Common Name: Cycads
Phyla Name: Cycadophyta
Main Plant Group: Cone bearing seeds
Characteristics: Resemble palm trees, very
large leaves.
Habitat: Found mostly in tropical areas
Reproduction: Pollination
Ex: Sea sago and cycas revolutae
Info: Many endangered from loss of their
habitat.
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Common Name: Ginkgo
Phyla Name: Ginkgophyta
Main Plant Group: Cone Bearing Seed
Characteristics: Fanlike Leaves, Shooting
Branches
Habitat: In Deciduous Forests in China
Reproduction: Reproduce by seeds in cones
Ex: Ginkgo Biloba
Info: Ginkgo Biloba last remaining species
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Common Name: Conifers
Phyla Name: Coniferophyta
Main Plant Group: Cone bearing seed plants
Characteristics: Have needles instead of leaves
Habitat: Northern Hemisphere, Warm/Cold
Reproduction: Seeds in cones, seeds protect
embryos.
Examples: Cedar, Redwood, Pine, Fir.
Info: Evergreens grow very quickly
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Common Name: Flowering Plants
Phyla Name: Anthophyta
Main Plant Group: Flowering Seed
Characteristics: Flowers/Fruit with Vascular System,
Has Pollen
Habitat: Warm/Cold
Reproduction: Flower protects the plant gametes and
eggs. The fruit is the ovary
Examples: Apple Trees, Water Lillies
Info: Most fruit we consume comes from this phyla.
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