PLANTS
CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS
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club mosses
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conifers
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ferns
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horsetails
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Detailed explanation-1: -club moss, (family Lycopodiaceae), also called ground pine, any of some 400 species of seedless vascular plants constituting the only family of the lycophyte order Lycopodiales.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why is it called that? The common name, club-moss, is due to its formerly being considered as a moss; ground pine refers to it appearance as a miniature cedar.
Detailed explanation-3: -The clubmosses and their relatives are the most ancient group of vascular plants-plants with specialized tissue called xylem that transports water and nutrients throughout the plant.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lycopodium clavatum (common club moss, stag’s-horn clubmoss, running clubmoss, or ground pine) is the most widespread species in the genus Lycopodium in the clubmoss family.