Plant Groups
Name the first main plant group starting from evolutionary progression.
Bryophytes or mosses
What is the first stage of the plant life cycle?
seed
What is a gymnosperm?
vascular plants that produce "naked seed" not enclosed in an ovary or fruit, typically in cones.
What is an annual plant?
Completes its entire life cycle within a single growing season.
Name the second main plant group.
Seedless Vascular Plants or ferns
What is the second stage of the plant life cycle?
sprout or germination
What is a angiosperm?
the most diverse group of flowering plants, characterized by producing seeds enclosed within a fruit.
What is a biennial plant?
Plant completes its life cycle in two years, growing foliage, roots, stems in the first year, and then flowering, producing seeds, and dying in the second year.
Name the third main plant group.
Gymnosperms or conifers
What is the third stage of the plant life cycle?
seedling or growth
What is a monocot?
major group of flowering plants characterized by having a single seed leaf in their embryo, parallel leaf veins, and flower parts in threes. Ex: corn, wheat, and rice
What is a perennnial plant?
plant that lives for more that two years, returning year after year
Name the fourth main plant group.
Angiosperms or flowering plants
What is the fourth stage of the plant life cycle?
plant
What is a dicot?
a flowering plant characterized by having two embryonic leaves in its seed, net-like leaf veins, and flower parts in fours or fives, with vascular bundles in a ring. Ex: beans, sunflowers, oaks, and roses