A | B |
STOMATA | OPENINGS IN THE OUTER CELL LAYERS OF LEAVES AND SOME STEMS |
VASCULAR TISSUE | SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT TISSUE |
VASCULAR PLANT | PLANTS WITH SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT TISSUES: USUALLY LARGER AND DO NOT REQUIRE WATER FOR REPRODUCTION |
NONVASCULAR PLANT | PLANTS THAT LACK SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT TISSUES: SMALL PLANTS THAT ARE FOUND IN WET AREAS |
SEED | A PLANT STRUCTURE THAT CONTAINS AN EMBRYO |
ALTERNATION OF GENERATIONS | A HAPLOID GAMETOPHYTE GENERATION AND A DIPLOID SPOROPHYTER GENERATION |
BRYOPHYTES | MOSSES (NONVASCULAR) |
ANTHOCEROPHYTES | HORNWORTS (NONVASCULAR) |
HEPATICOPHYTES | LIVERWORTS (NONVASCULAR) |
LYCOPHYTES | CLUB MOSSES (VASCULAR SEEDLESS) |
PTEROPHYTES | FERNS AND HORSETAILS (VASCULAR SEEDLESS) |
CYCADOPHYTES | CYCADS OR SAGO PALMS (VASCULAR SEED PLANTS) |
GNETOPHYTES | JOINT FIRS (VASCULAR SEED PLANTS) |
GINKGOPHYTES | GINKGOES (VASCULAR SEED PLANTS) |
CONIFEROPHYTES | PINES (VASCULAR SEED PLANTS) |
ANTHOPHYTES | FLOWERING PLANTS (VASCULAR SEED PLANTS) |
RHIZOIDS | ROOTLIKE STRUCTURES ON NONVASCULAR PLANTS |
SPHAGNUM | PEAT MOSS |
THALLOSE | DESCRIPTION OF LIVERWORTS THAT LACK A LEAFY APPEARANCE: THEY RESEMBLE FLESHY LOBED STRUCTURES |
STROBILIS | A COMPACT STRUCTURE OF SPORE-BEARING STRUCTURES |
EPIPHYTE | A PLANT THAT LIVES ANCHORED TO AN OBJECT OR ANOTHER PLANT |
RHIZOME | A FOOD-STORAGE ORGAN |
SPORANGIUM | A STRUCTURE CONTAINING FERN SPORES |
SORUS | A CLUSTER OF SPONANGIA |
COTYLEDONS | STRUCTURES THAT EITHER STORE FOOD OR HELP ABSORB FOOD FOR THE TINY SPOROPHYTE |
ANGIOSPERMS | PLANTS WHOSE SEEDS ARE WITHIN A FRUIT |
GYMNOSPERMS | PLANTS WHOSE SEEDS ARE NOT PART OF A FRUIT |
CONE | A STRUCTURE THAT CONTAINS MALE OR FEMALE REPROCTIVE STRUCTURES |
MONOCOT | ANTHOPHYTES: HAS ONE SEED LEAF |
DICOT (AKA EUDICOT) | ANTHOPHYTES: HAS TWO SEED LEAVES |
ANNUAL | COMPLETES ITS LIFE SPAN IN A GROWING SEASON |
BIENNIAL | LIFE SPANS TWO YEARS |
PERENNIAL | CAN LIVE FOR MANY YEARS |
SPORE | A HAPLOID CELL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN ORGANISM |
DECIDUOUS | A PLANT THAT LOSES IT'S LEAVES AT THE END OF EACH GROWING SEASON |