DENDROLOGY

DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY

PLANT CLASSIFICATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The vascular, seedless plant that resembles miniature pine trees and is often called a ground pine is a:
A
club moss
B
fern
C
whisk fern
D
horsetail
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lycopodium is a genus of clubmosses which is also known as ground pines or creeping cedar. They are flowerless, vascular, terrestrial or epiphytic plants, with widely branched, erect, prostrate or creeping stems, with small, simple, needle-like or scale-like leaves that cover the stem and branches thickly.

Detailed explanation-2: -In homeopathy, it is used in the treatment of aneurisms, constipation, fevers, and chronic lung and bronchial disorders. It also reduces gastric inflammation, simplifies digestion, and helps in treatments of chronic kidney disorders.

Detailed explanation-3: -Each sporamgium contains numerous small spores. The club-shaped appearance of these fertile stems gives the clubmosses their common name. Lycopods reproduce asexually by spores.

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