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Gymnosperms & The Seed
Vocab
Pollination:
Seed coat:
Pollen tube:
Pollen grain:
Microsporangium vs. Megasporangium
Micropyle:
Dioecious:
Monoecious:
Evergreen:
Deciduous:
Ovulate cones:
Pollen cones:
Questions
List the 4 phyla of gymnosperms, and their major characteristics
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Gymnosperms & The Seed
List the three genera within Gnetophyta and list some traits for each.
Draw a leaf with reticulate venation as well as a leaf with parallel venation.
What is the advantage of having needle or scale-like leaves?
What are some advantages of being evergreen vs. deciduous?
Diagram the life cycle of a pine. (no shortcuts )
What pollination strategy have most pines adopted?
What do we know about conifer ecology?