| A | B |
|---|
| vascular | possessing tubes for water and food |
| bryophytes | mosses, hornworts, liverworts |
| cuticle | waxy leaf coating |
| alternation of generations | diploid-->haploid-->diploid.... |
| sporophyte | a diploid generation |
| gametophyte | a haploid generation |
| archegonia | eggs are formed here in a moss |
| antheridia | sperm are formed here in a moss |
| mosses | have both sporophyte and gametophyte on the same plant |
| seed | a sporophyte whose growth has been arrested, and surrounded by a tough coat |
| pollen | plant sperm |
| ovule | seeds will develop within this |
| rhizome | fern root |
| gymnosperms | conifers; "naked seed" plants |
| cycads | palm-like gymnosperms |
| fruit | overdeveloped ovary of a plant |
| free water | required by mosses for fertilization |
| zygote | produced by the union of gametes |
| zoospores | produced by mitosis of diploid OR haploid cells |
| Pterophyta | ferns |
| sorus or sori | found on underside of fern leaves; hold spores |
| holdfast | found on "Fucus" and "Ulva" |
| Angiosperm | flowering plants |
| fronds | fern leaves |
| rhizoids | holds a moss to a rock but doesn't absorb water |
| stomata | holes in leaves that open and close to reduce water loss |
| Gingko biloba | unique gymnosperm with fan shaped leaves |
| stigma | tip of the style of a flower |
| anther | male part of plant that makes pollen |
| endosperm | nutritious part of a seed that will feed the embryo plant |
| cotyledon | seed leaves |
| Fucus | brown algae |
| Ulva | green algae with nearly identical sporophyte and gametophyte generations |
| Chlamydomonas | flagellated green algae that spends most of its life as a gametophyte |
| cypress & juniper (cedar) | most common Gymnosperms in Bandera |
| mycorrhizae | symbiotic relationship with fungi |
