DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY
PLANT CLASSIFICATION
Question
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True or False:Club mosses are often called ground pines.
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true
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false
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -They have spore cases that sit ontop (adaxial) of specialized leaves called sporophylls. These sporophylls are usually clumped together to create a cone with a club-like appearance. The moss-like leaves combined with the club-like cones is how they they got the name “clubmoss".
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Club mosses are different from true mosses because they are vascular plants, and true mosses are non-vascular. Club mosses belong to phylum Lycophyta, an ancient group of seedless vascular plants. True mosses belong to phylum Bryophyta, which also includes liverworts and hornworts.
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