Plantae By Isabelle B. Alyk K. and Perla H.

Requirements to be Plantae Multicellular Thick cell walls made of cellulose Eukaryotic Means you have a nucleus Autotroph Makes its own food

Examples Coniferophyta Conifers Gymnosperms; reproduce with seeds produced in cones. Usually evergreen. Eg. Pine trees Ginkgophyta Ginkgo biloba Only species in a phylum, a tree often planted in urban environments. Gymnosperm; reproduces with seeds that hang from branches. Eg. Ginkgo Trees

Ginkgo Tree

Examples Ctd. Pterophyta Ferns, whisk ferns, and horsetails Seedless vascular plants. Most have fringed leaves Eg. Ferns Bryophyta Mosses Nonvascular plants. Gametophyte generation is a glasslike plant. Most live in moist environments Eg. Sphagnum (peat) moss

Peat Moss Ferns

How are plants the most amazing living things to ever be living in the History of the Entire Planet… Ever. They produce oxygen They are the only organisms that can make food from sunlight. We eat them, and without Plantae we would have nothing to consume. Even if we ate animals the animals would still need to eat some type of plant before we got to them. Q.E.D. Without plants we would all die.