BI111 Chapter Notes - Chapter #12: Sporophyte, Flowering Plant, Phloem

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19 Feb 2018
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As the number of angiosperms rose other plants fell. Angiosperms were necessary for the production of rain forests. Early angiosperms also outcompeted many species for light and space. Liverworts, mosses, and hornworts diverged negore the evolution of xylem and phloem. Bryophytes provide us with insights as to how plants gained foothold in the terrestrial environment. They absorb water and co2 through their surfaces. Some produce only a flattened photosynthetic structure called a thallus. Bryophytes cannot pull water from the soil. Bryophytes have little to now way cuticle to protect their photosynthetic tissues. Before the evolution of plants bryophytes likely covered much of the land surface. However they can only photosynthesis when water is present. They are metalolibally active when they are wet. Today bryophytes exists on surfaces where roots are not beneficial, like on the surface of rocks. Plants that grow on other plants are called epiphytes.

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