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 Common Name: Mosses  Phyla Name: Bryophyta  Main Plant Group: Seedless Nonvascular  Characteristics: No true leaves, rhizoids  Habitat: Live in moist Environments  Reproduction: Reproduce using Spores  Ex: Moss, Sphagnum, Dicranoweisia cirrata  Info: Can enter a stage of dormancy when water is not present.

 Common Name: Liverworts  Phyla Name: Hepaticophyta  Main Plant Group: Seedless Nonvascular  Characteristics: Get moisture directly from the surface of soil, 2 mm to 25 cm  Habitat: Live in moist, damp environments  Reproduction: Produce eggs on umbrella structures, free standing water moves sperm.  Ex: Porella platyphylla and Riccia fluitans  Info: The phylum name is frequently misspelled in textbooks as “Hepatophyta”

 Common Name : Hornworts  Phyla Name: Anthrocerophyta  Main Plant Group: Seedless Nonvascular  Characteristics: Grow Low to Ground, flat body  Habitat: Near water, Tropical Environments  Reproduction: Reproduce by spores that from the green horns coming up from the flat part of the plant. Rely on free standing water to allow sperm to swim and fertilize the egg.  Ex: Dendroceros crispus, Ceratophyllum demersum  Info: New Zealand has the largest leafy hornwart.

 Common Name: Club Mosses  Phyla Name: Lycophyta  Main Plant Group: Seedless Vascular  Habitat: Moist Shady Woodlands  Reproduction: Spores  Characteristics: Small Flowerless, True Roots  Examples: Spike Moss, Lycopodium  Info: Leaves look like scales

 Common Name: Ferns  Phyla Name: Pterophyta  Main Plant Group: Seedless Vascular  Characteristics: Short stems, vertical ribs.  Shaded, moist woodlands.  Reproduction: Depends on the water.  Examples: Whisk Ferns  Info: Can grow over 2 stories high

 Common Name: Cycads  Phyla Name: Cycadophyta  Main Plant Group: Cone bearing seeds  Characteristics: Resemble palm trees, very large leaves.  Habitat: Found mostly in tropical areas  Reproduction: Pollination  Ex: Sea sago and cycas revolutae  Info: Many endangered from loss of their habitat.

 Common Name: Ginkgo  Phyla Name: Ginkgophyta  Main Plant Group: Cone Bearing Seed  Characteristics: Fanlike Leaves, Shooting Branches  Habitat: In Deciduous Forests in China  Reproduction: Reproduce by seeds in cones  Ex: Ginkgo Biloba  Info: Ginkgo Biloba last remaining species

 Common Name: Conifers  Phyla Name: Coniferophyta  Main Plant Group: Cone bearing seed plants  Characteristics: Have needles instead of leaves  Habitat: Northern Hemisphere, Warm/Cold  Reproduction: Seeds in cones, seeds protect embryos.  Examples: Cedar, Redwood, Pine, Fir.  Info: Evergreens grow very quickly

 Common Name: Flowering Plants  Phyla Name: Anthophyta  Main Plant Group: Flowering Seed  Characteristics: Flowers/Fruit with Vascular System, Has Pollen  Habitat: Warm/Cold  Reproduction: Flower protects the plant gametes and eggs. The fruit is the ovary  Examples: Apple Trees, Water Lillies  Info: Most fruit we consume comes from this phyla.  o  f a .flower.