DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY
FAMILIES OF GYMNOSPERM
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Question
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Gynosperms are normally evergreen plants which means that ____
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They never lose their leaves so the are always green
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They lose their leaves in the autumn but never change their color
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They have leaves during all the year, even though they can lose some
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They are all green because they have chlorophyll in the roots
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Most gymnosperms are evergreen, but some, such as larch and bald cypress, are deciduous (the leaves fall after one growing season). The leaves of many gymnosperms have a thick cuticle and stomata below the leaf surface.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gymnosperms possess needles or scale-like leaves, sometimes flat and large, and evergreen! No vessel elements are found in xylem, so out-competed now by vesseled angiosperms except in certain situations. Gymnosperms exhibit cones or strobili, naked seeds (= “gymnosperm"), but not flowers.
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