A | B |
gametophyte | the stage in the plants reproductive cycle with gametes |
sporophyte | a stage in the plants reproductive cycle with spores |
spore | reproductive cells with a protective covering |
moss | bryophte with leaf-like structures in spirals |
rhizoid | rootlike structure |
liverwort | bryophyte with body in lobes |
pollen | dustlike particle carrying male reproductive cells |
conifer | plant having needle shaped leaves and cones |
pollination | pollen reaching the female gametophyte |
seed | a protective covering with embryo inside |
life cycle | the reproductive process |
peat | dead sphagnum moss that has been compacted |
fern | a nonflowering vascular pant with roots, stems, and leaves called fronds |
frond | the leaf of a fern |
fiddlehead | new young fronds before they are mature |
rhizomes | underground stems of ferns |
sori | spore cases on the back of the frond |
horsetails | vascular nonflowering plants with jonted stems and whorled leaves |
club moss | a nonflowering vascular plant that sometimes grow on the branches or trunks of trees |
cycads | gymnosperms that look like fern trees |
ginkgo | gymnosperms with fleshy cones and deciduous leaves |
gnetophyte | gymnosperms with long, strplike leaves |