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Typical Plant

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leaf

stem

node

bud

root

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Leaf Types

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simple leaves

pinnately compound leaves

palmately compound leaves

bipinnately compound leaf grass leaf

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Leaf Arrangements

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alternate opposite whorled

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Corn Stem Cross Section

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Basswood Stem Cross Section

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Plant Classification

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plants

vascularplants

nonvascularplants

mosses liverworts hornwortsseedlessplants

seed plants

fernshorsetails gymnosperms angiospermsclub mosses

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Equisetum (Horsetail)

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Unusual Fronds

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curly grass fern southern maidenhair

water spangles

hart’s-tongue fern Huguenot fern/spider brake fern

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Unusual Fronds

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northern maidenhairwalking fern

least adder’s-tongue interrupted fern

Hartford fern/climbing fern

top view

water shamrock

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Fern Life Cycle

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frond

rhizome

roots

mature fern

young fern plant

lower surface of frond

spore

structures that produce and cover spores

A spore grows into this small plant.

cells that produce sperm

rhizoidsA sperm fertilizes an egg.

cells that produce eggs

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Fern Life Cycle

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