DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY
PLANT CLASSIFICATION
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Question
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Owen looks at five plants. He classifies a fern, moss, and pine tree in one group. He classifies an orange tree and sunflowers in another group. Which characteristics did Owen use to classify the plants?
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woody stems and soft stems
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long, thin leaves and wide, round leaves
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flowering plants and non-flowering plants
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Plants that grow on rocks and plants that grow in soil
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The best-known groups of cryptogams are algae, lichens, mosses, and ferns, but it also includes non-photosynthetic organisms traditionally classified as plants, such as fungi, slime molds, and bacteria.
Detailed explanation-2: -Similar to flowering plants, ferns have roots, stems and leaves. However, unlike flowering plants, ferns do not have flowers or seeds; instead, they usually reproduce sexually by tiny spores or sometimes can reproduce vegetatively, as exemplified by the walking fern.
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