BSC-1005 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6-7: Softwood, Living Fossil, Endosperm

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Early plants that are able to reproduce through pollination and seeds are called gymnosperms, otherwise known as cone-bearing plants . These plants first appeared in the fossil record about 350 million years ago. Cone-bearing plants reproduce by alternation of generations, but unlike the ferns, cone-bearing plants do not release their spores. Instead, they have separate female and female cones. In the male cones, the spores develop into pollen containing sperm cells. In the female cones, the spore forms inside a bottle-shaped jacket of cells. After fertilization, the ovule develops into a seed, which contains an embryo. There are three groups of plants: cone-bearing plants are called conifers, and then there are the cycads and the ginkgos. Cone-bearing plants are not very numerous, species-wise (only 750 worldwide). Conifers are the dominant land plants throughout the boreal forest, stretching across canada, alaska, and norther eurasia. Conifers grow well in all climates, hot or cold.

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