21.5: Summative Questions
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- Describe three adaptations that SVPs have that allow them to compete with bryophytes.
- Commonly called spike mosses and club mosses, lycophytes aren’t truly mosses at all. How could you distinguish between a moss and a lycophyte?
- Each time a rhizome produces a new shoot, it also produces roots. What type of roots emerge from stem tissue, such as a rhizome?
- Compare and contrast the role of the gametophyte in bryophytes and SVPs.
- What are the advantages to having a branching sporophyte?