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seedless plants

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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Seedless Plants

by: Samantha Martin and Nicole Hui
Photo by 55Laney69

Non-vascular seedless plants

Photo by Ken-ichi

Seedless Reproduction

  • They don't produce flowers or seeds
  • Reproduced by spores
  • Reproduced by rhizomes
  • Rhizome: mass of roots that new sprouts may grow from

Fern fronds

Reproduce by spores
Photo by graymalkn

Liverworts

Reproduce by rhizomes
Photo by dracophylla

Pine tree

reproduce by cone
Photo by smilla4

Club moss

Reproduce by spores
Photo by ideath

seedless plants

  • a plant that does not produce seeds
  • Ferns, horsetails, and all the bryophytes are seedless plants
Photo by E_TAVARES

Fern

Photo by Tom Bech

horsetails

Photo by ressaure

Fun Facts

  • Seedless plants are over 400 million years old
  • Dry spores of club moss are explosive and are used in fireworks and other explosives.
  • Ancient seedless plants had no roots or leaves

Quiz

  • How do fern reproduce?
  • What is a seedless plant?
  • How do liverworts reproduce?
  • How does club moss reproduce?
  • How do pine trees reproduce?

Answers

  • by spores
  • a plant that does not produce seeds
  • by rhizomes
  • by spores
  • by cone
Photo by 55Laney69

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