1. Plant Phyla Jessica McGuire

2. Byrophyta Common Name- Moses Seedless nonvascular Characteristics o No Lignin o No vascular tissue o No seeds or flowers Found close to the ground in cool, moist habitats Asexual Reproduction o Single sporangia that disperses spores Types o Irish Moss o Peat moss o Sphagnum They make peat!

3. Hepatophyta Liverworts Seedless nonvascular Characteristics o Thallose or leafy o Umbrella like structure Damp environments Eggs are produced in the umbrella structure Can be o Chiloscyphus rivularis o Conocephalum conicum o Jungermannia cordifolia They like to live on rocks!

4. Anthophyta Common name- Flowering plants Angiosperms o Have flowers and ovule o Stamens with pollen sacs o Double fertilization They have adapted to most habitats They reproduce with a flower and pollen Can be: o Peach trees o Maple trees o Dandelions Flowers and fruits have played a large role in their dominance today!

5. Coniferophyta Common Name- Conifers or evergreen Gymnosperms Characteristics o Most are evergreen o grow quickly o Well adapted to high altitudes and poor soil Mountainous regions Seeds are in cones. The cones also produce pollen. Can be o Redwoods o Spruce o Cedar Coniferophyta trees supply most of the wood for paper, lumber, and plywood!

6. Lycopodiophyta Club Mosses Seedless vascular Characteristics o Tiny pine like needles They typically grow in the woods They reproduce with spores and need water for their reproduction. Can be o Firmosses o Clubmosses o Quillworts The spores are highly flammable and are used in some fireworks!

7. Pterophyta Wisk ferns, Horsetails, and Ferns Seedless Vascular Characteristics o 'Leaves' are fronds o New fronds are fiddleheads o Cell walls contain silica Grow in wetland area along streams and rivers Reproduce like other vascular plants. They need water. Can be: o Ferns o Wisk ferns o Horseails They were once used to scour pots.

8. Ginkophyta Ginko Cone bearing seed plant Characteristics o Male and female on separate trees o Leaves are produced by short spiral shoots Common in gardens and urban landscaping Reproduce seeds in cones Can be o Ginko biloba Were cultivated by Buddhist monks

9. Cyadophyta Cyads Seed bearing cones Characteristics o Look like palm trees o Grow slow Found in tropical environments Reproduce with seeds in cones. Can be o Dioon caputoi o Dioon edule o Dioon holmgrenii Many are endangered species.

10. Anthocerophyta Hornworts Seedless nonvascular Characteristics o Flat, lobed appearance o Little green horns appear above the flat lobe Found in tropical forests and along streams around the world Reproduction- Depends on standing water. Produces spores. Can be o Anthoceros fusiformis o Anthoceros neesii o Anthoceros punctatus New Zealand has the world's longest leafy hornwort!