AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

TRACHEOPHYTES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Present-day ____ have ____ which are ____ in the ____
A
horsetails, rhizomes, deep, ground
B
rhizomes, deep, ground, horsetails
C
deep, ground, horsetails, rhizomes
D
ground, horsetails, rhizomes, deep
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Plant Description A close relative of the fern, horsetail is a nonflowering weed found throughout parts of Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North America.

Detailed explanation-2: -Horsetail has a deep root system with rhizomes that can produce many terrestrial stems, giving it the appearance of a colony (Figure 2).

Detailed explanation-3: -The plant body of Equisetum has an aerial part and an underground rhizome part (Fig.). The rhizome is perennial, horizontal, branched and creeping in nature. The aerial part is herbaceous and usually annual. Majority of the species are small with a size range in between 15 and 60 cm in height and 2.0 cm in diameter.

Detailed explanation-4: -myriochaetum, Mexican giant horsetail), and allegedly even more. One species, Equisetum fluviatile, is an emergent aquatic, rooted in water with shoots growing into the air. The stalks arise from rhizomes that are deep underground and difficult to dig out.

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