outer protective layer of plant leaves, can be waxy
cuticle
nonvascular plant that uses rhizoids like bread mold and is low to the ground.
moss
a compact cluster of spore bearing structure
strobilus
structure that stores food within a seed
cotyledon
plant that lives for only a year
annual
pores of a plant used to exchange gases
stomata
nonvascular plant with long sporophytes like a slime mold
hornwort
a plant that grows off of another plant
epiphyte
structure that can contain male or female gametes of a plant
cones
plant that continues to live from year to year
perennial
transport system used by some plants to move recourses over a large area
vascular system
nonvascular plant that grows leaves and was used as a medieval medicine to heal organs
liverwort
large roots of a fern used to store food like humans do with fat
rhizome
mode of transportation used by coconuts
water (it floats)
plant that blooms twice
biennial
plant embryo that has outer protective coating
seed
the ribbonlike leaves that are unique to liverwort
thallose
cluster of sporangia on fern leaves
sorus
how do plants like witch hazel disperse there seeds
EXPLOSIONS!! (from pressure)
seed dispersal method that is mostly unique to flowering plants
fruit
plants that dont use seeds use this instead
spores
evolutionary trait that separates plants from algae
embryo protection
how long ago primitive land plants first appeared
400 million years ago
scientific name for nonflowering plants
gymnosperm
scientific name for flowering plants
angiosperms