Opreto glencoe/victoria
section 2 seedless plants
a. nonvascular plants very small plants that have rhizoids rather than soots
1. water is absorbed and distributed directly through
2. grow in moist environments
3. reproduce by _ rather than seeds
4. examples of nonvascular plants:
a. mosses -green, leaflike growths arranged around a central stalk
b liverwerts -flattened, leaflike bodies
c. mosses -have only one chloroplast in each of their cells
meeting individual needs
5. frequently pioneer species organisms that are the first to grow in new or disturbed areas
and which change
conditions
b. seedless vascular plants reproduce by spores, but have thread-like tissue that carries
water and nutrients throughout the plant
1. can grow
_ and
than nonvascular plants
2. ferns _-largest group of seedless vascular plants
a. have stems, leaves, and
b._
_ are called fronds
c. reproduce by
_found on the back of their fronds
3. club mosses--needlelike leaves.
4. horsetails-jointed stem with a _
center
c. importance of seedless plants
1. fuel-decaying seedless plants are compressed into peat and eventually.
2. soil conditioners
can be used for weaving material and basketry
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