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0. 0. Land Plants fall into two major groups. Non vascular Vascular. 0. Non-Vascular Plants. Lack vascular tissue Very small Known as the bryophytes. 0. The Bryophytes. Mosses. Liverworts. Hornworts. 0. Mosses. True mosses Sphagnum (Peat) mosses Granite mosses. 0.
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0 Land Plants fall into two major groups • Non vascular • Vascular
0 Non-Vascular Plants • Lack vascular tissue • Very small • Known as the bryophytes
0 The Bryophytes Mosses Liverworts Hornworts
0 Mosses • True mosses • Sphagnum (Peat) mosses • Granite mosses
0 True Mosses • Consists of structures resembling leaves stems and roots
0 True Mosses • “Leaves” have no veins • “Stems” have no vascular tissue
0 True Mosses • Reproduces by spores • Produced in a capsule
When operculum is shed peristome teeth are exposed Peristome regulates spore dispersal 0 True Mosses – The Sporophyte
0 Mosses • True mosses • Sphagnum (Peat) mosses • Granite mosses
Grow in Bogs Bogs may cover huge areas Moss absorbs water Water is acidified by the moss 0 Sphagnum (Peat) Mosses
Unique leaf structure allows leaves to absorb large quantities of water Moss absorbs water Water is acidified by the moss 0 Sphagnum (Peat) Mosses
Unique leaf structure allows leaves to absorb large quantities of water Moss absorbs water Water is acidified by the moss 0 Sphagnum (Peat) Mosses
Thick deposits of partially decomposed moss accumulates Deposits are known at Peat 0 Sphagnum (Peat) Mosses
0 Sphagnum and Peat are Harvested for Agriculture and Fuel
0 Acid pH and capacity for water retention make sphagnum a popular soil amendment
Peat has been harvest for centuries and burned for fuel 0 Sphagnum (Peat) Mosses
0 Bodies buried in Sphagnum Bogs are well preserved • Acid/anoxic environment retards bacterial growth Short video Mummies Frozen in Time
0 Land Plants fall into two major groups • Non vascular • Vascular
0 Vascular Plants • Vascular tissue • Some are seedless • Others produce seeds
0 Seedless Vascular Plants Whisk Ferns Club/Spike Mosses Horsetails Ferns
0 Whisk Ferns
0 Whisk Ferns • Dichotomous branching stems
0 Whisk Ferns • No roots – underground rhizome only
0 Whisk Ferns • No leaves- stem appendages are called enations
0 Whisk Ferns • Sporangia attached laterally on stem
0 Seedless Vascular Plants Whisk Ferns Club/Spike Mosses Horsetails Ferns
0 Plants with leaves have either microphylls or megaphylls • Microphylls have a single vascular strand • Megaphylls have a network of vascular strands
0 Club and Spike Mosses • Stems, roots and leaves • Leaves are microphylls
0 Club and Spike Mosses • Sporangia produced in axils of leaves
0 Club and Spike Mosses • Sporangia produced in axils of leaves
0 Seedless Vascular Plants Whisk Ferns Club/Spike Mosses Horsetails Ferns
0 Horsetails and Scouring Rushes
0 Horsetails and Scouring Rushes • Stems jointed • Branches whorled around stem
0 Horsetails and Scouring Rushes • Stems ribbed • Silica in cells of the epidermis
0 Horsetails and Scouring Rushes • Leaves small • Reduced megaphylls • Whorled at nodes • Underground rhizome with Roots
0 Horsetails and Scouring Rushes • Spores produced in terminal strobilous
0 Seedless Vascular Plants Whisk Ferns Club/Spike Mosses Horsetails Ferns
0 Ferns
0 Ferns show great diversity of form
0 Ferns have megaphylls
0 Young fern megaphylls are called fiddleheads
0 Fern stems grow vertically or horizontally
0 Spores are produced on underside of megaphylls
0 Spores are produced in clusters called Sori
0 Sori of many ferns are covered by an indusium