Ferns
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Habitat:
Shaded and sheltered environments
Milestones:
Vascular Tissues, Eukaryotic
Anatomical Features:
Ferns have rhizomes that are underground stems. Stems grow off of the rhizomes and into the air that are called aerial stems. The aerial stems are green and carry out photosynthesis.
Eating and Fleeting:
Ferns are autotrophs, so they produce food through photosynthesis.
Symmetry:
Biateral Symmetry
Mobility:
Can only move when spores
Reproduction:
Ferns reproduce asexually with spores
Development:
Two haploids cells join during sexual reproduction, creating a diploid embryo that has two copies of genetic material. The plant embryo then is enclosed in a spore that is dispersed by the wind. When spores land in a suitable environment, they start a new plant.
Examples:
-Osmunda claytoniana
-Onoclea sensibilis
-Dicksonia antarctica
Other Information:
Ferns are largely capable of removing pollutants from the air.
Shaded and sheltered environments
Milestones:
Vascular Tissues, Eukaryotic
Anatomical Features:
Ferns have rhizomes that are underground stems. Stems grow off of the rhizomes and into the air that are called aerial stems. The aerial stems are green and carry out photosynthesis.
Eating and Fleeting:
Ferns are autotrophs, so they produce food through photosynthesis.
Symmetry:
Biateral Symmetry
Mobility:
Can only move when spores
Reproduction:
Ferns reproduce asexually with spores
Development:
Two haploids cells join during sexual reproduction, creating a diploid embryo that has two copies of genetic material. The plant embryo then is enclosed in a spore that is dispersed by the wind. When spores land in a suitable environment, they start a new plant.
Examples:
-Osmunda claytoniana
-Onoclea sensibilis
-Dicksonia antarctica
Other Information:
Ferns are largely capable of removing pollutants from the air.
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