FERNS AND THEIR RELATIVES

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FERNS AND THEIR RELATIVES

• FERN
• CLUB MOSSES
• HORSETAILS

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Ferns and their relatives share two
characteristics

• VASCULAR TISSUE
• 2. USE SPORES TO PRODUCE

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VASCULAR PLANTS

• Are much better suited to life on land than
  nonvascular plants.
• Vascular tissue-
• Strengthens plants body.
• Transports food and water
  throughout the plant

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Ferns produce spores

• Spores grow into gametophytes.

• Gametophytes produce egg and sperm cells.
• Water is needed for fertilization to occur.

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Fern
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More Ferns
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FERNS

• Have underground stems, leaves and roots.
• Roots anchor fern to the ground
• absorb water and nutrients from
  soil.
• Leaves of ferns are fronds.

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Fronds (fern leaves)
Sporophyte stage
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Sporophyte state

• Spores develop in tiny spore cases on the
  underside of the fronds..
• Later, spores are released.
• When a spore lands in moist, shaded soil, it
  develops into a tiny gametophyte.

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What are the main characteristics of seedless
vascular plants?
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• They have vascular tissue.
• They use spores to reproduce.

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