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The Life Cycle
of Moss & Fern
Life Science - Week 13 - Mrs. Rubright
Powerpoint
By: Annette Miles
Moss can be found growing on forest
moist shaded habitats.
floors and other ______,
non-vascular so it does not
This plant is _____________,
have true roots, stems, and leaves.
Instead of stems,
moss has a _____
stalk
called a _____.
seta
Instead of leaves,
moss has ______.
scales
Instead of roots,
moss has
_________
rhizoids that
anchor it into the
soil.
Branched
rhizoids of a
moss
The most dominant phase of moss is the
gametophyte
green ____________.
•Some mosses can reproduce asexually by fragmentation.
•Asexual reproduction occurs during the Sporophyte phase
The sex organs are located at the top
of the gametophyte. The male plant
antheridia which contain
develops an __________
______ cells.
sperm
The female plant develops an
archegonia
__________ containing an ____.
egg
Egg
Fertilization of the egg requires a
____________
water that will permit sperm
drop of ______
cells to swim from the antheridia to
the archegonia. A _______
zygote will form.
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Once the eggs are fertilized, it is now a
archegonia at
________
zygote imbedded in the ___________
the top of the gametophyte plant.
The zygote develops into a simple embryo
sporophyte
that grows into the mature ____________
emerging from the top of the gametophyte
plants.
stalked capsules represent the sporophyte
The _______________
stage of the life cycle. The sporophytes grow in
attachment to the gametophytes and are
_____________
nutritionally dependent on them.
The ________
spores produced within the
capsule are released and carried away by
wind When they land in a damp
the _____.
_____
area, they grow into a new gametophyte.
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5. Fern life cycle
Fig 17.6
Polypodium – a
genus of true fern
Sori – a cluster of sporangia
Sporangia - structures
producing and
containing spores
A sorus
Polypodium
Sporangia
Developing
spores
Polypodium
Gametophyte
Developing sporophyte
In lines on a broadleaved type
Asplenium
At the end of the leaves
Adiantum
Cibotium menziesii in habitat in
Hawaii. Photo courtesy of Peter
Richardson.
Cyathea australis with the uncurling
croziers visible. Photo courtesy of Scott Ridges