| A | B |
|---|
| types of nonseed/vascular plants | ferns, club mosses, & horsetails |
| two characteristics shared by ferns, club mosses, & horsetails | have vascular tissue & use spores to reproduce |
| function of vascular tissue | transports water quickly thru plant's body & food to other parts of the plant |
| structure of a fern | has true stems, roots & leaves |
| most fern stems | found underground |
| direction fern leaves grow | upward from the top side of the stems |
| direction fern roots grow | downward from the bottom of the stems |
| what fern roots do | anchor the fern to the ground & absorb water & nutrients from the soil |
| fern spore case | on the under side of mature fronds, the place where spores develop |
| vascular tissue | the thick walls of these cells help support the plants & transport water & food throughout the plants |
