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