Morphology
A root system that has a single main root that grows down.
What are taproots
A taxonomic rank above species and below family
What is a genus
A cell containing two complete sets of chromosomes, one copy from each parent.
What is a diploid cell?
A cluster of sporangia
What is a sorus?
A female gametophyte which houses the egg.
What is an ovule?
The stalk that joins a leaf to a stem.
What is a petiole?
The two parts that make up a scientific name of a species
What are genus and epithet?
The process in which diploid sporophytes produce haploid spores.
What is meiosis?
What are fiddleheads?
A protective layer of sporophyte tissue that surrounds the megasporangium.
What is an integument?
A leaflike bract at the base of a leaf for protection or to attract pollinators.
What is a stipule?
The specimen on which the description and name of a new species is based
What is a type specimen?
A haploid male or female reproductive cell.
What is a gamete?
A life cycle characteristic of ferns where organisms switch between a gametophyte and sporophyte stage.
What is alternation of generations?
A pollen producing cone
What is a microstrobili?
Tissue by which water and nutrients are conducted throughout the plant.
What is vascular tissue?
The family that includes the genus Pellaea.
What is Pteridaceae?
The process in which haploid male gametes fuse with haploid female gametes, forming a diploid zygote.
What is fertilization?
The diploid generation in the fern lifecycle.
What is a sporophyte?
A small opening in the surface of an ovule, through which the pollen tube penetrates.
What is a micropyle?
Regions of actively dividing, undifferentiated cells found at the tips of plant roots and shoots
What is an apical meristem
The family that includes the genus Pseudosuga.
What is Cupressaceae?
A single cell formed when a sperm cell fertilizes an egg cell, containing the complete genetic information for a new individual.
What is a zygote?
The male reproductive organ that produces and houses sperm.
What is an antheridium?
The two cell types that make up a pollen grain.
What are generative cells and tube cells?