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- 3. – The large, divided leaf of a fern.
- 7. – Waxy layer on plants that helps prevent water loss.
- 8. the sexual phase in the life cycle of plants and algae
- 13. – Type of plant tissue that conducts water and nutrients; absent in mosses.
- 14. – The diploid phase in the life cycle that produces spores in ferns and mosses.
- 16. – A primitive vascular plant with club-like structures; not a true moss.
- 18. – Group of nonvascular plants that includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
- 19. Clusters of sporangia on the underside of fern fronds.
- 20. small, green, nonvascular plant that grows in moist environments.
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- 1. A vascular plant with fronds that reproduces through spores.
- 2. Female reproductive structure in mosses and ferns.
- 4. Root-like structure in mosses and liverworts that anchors them to surfaces.
- 5. – A reproductive cell capable of developing into a new organism without fusion with another cell.
- 6. A small, flat, nonvascular plant found in damp places; often close to mosses.
- 9. Nonvascular plant with a horn-like structure; grows in moist soil.
- 10. – A plant that grows on another plant but is not parasitic; some ferns are epiphytes.
- 11. – The body of a nonvascular plant, like a liverwort, without true stems or leaves.
- 12. Male reproductive structure in mosses and ferns.
- 15. – The small, green, heart-shaped gametophyte of ferns.
- 17. Structure where spores are produced in ferns and mosses.
