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Funny Funny Ferns ! FERNS belong to Subphylum :PTERIDOPHYTA “WINGED PLANT” THE MOST PRIMITIVE TRACHEOPHYTES (Phylum) ARE THE FERNS

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Funny Funny Ferns !. THE MOST PRIMITIVE TRACHEOPHYTES (Phylum) ARE THE FERNS. FERNS belong to Subphylum : PTER IDO PHYTA – “WINGED PLANT”. WHAT IS A “TRACHEOPHYTE?. TRACHEID CELL. Fetal Pig’s Trachea. What is a “PTERIDOPHYTA” A Winged Plant? Try to remember PTERODACTYL. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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FERNS belong to Subphylum :PTERIDOPHYTA – “WINGED PLANT”

THE MOST PRIMITIVE TRACHEOPHYTES (Phylum) ARE THE FERNS

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WHAT IS A “TRACHEOPHYTE?

TRACHEID CELL

Fetal Pig’s Trachea

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What is a “PTERIDOPHYTA” A Winged Plant? Try to remember PTERODACTYL.

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A long long time ago…

The earth was very different. It was warm, swampy and strange plants were colonizing the land.

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Carboniferous ForestGiant ferns reached into the sky, and the moist soil was covered in mosses. Ancient plants that no longer exist grew thick upon the ground. Today we still use these forests in the form of coal and oil.

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First ferns are estimated to be about 400 million year old

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Morphology of Ferns

SEEDLESS VASCULAR PLANTS

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Alternation of Generations

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VERY SMALL HEART-SHAPED NON-VASCULAR GAMETOPHYTE WITH RHIZOIDS. Sporophyte sprouting up.

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Ferns – Exhibit a DOMINANT SPOROPHYTE GENERATION

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Local Ferns

DEER FERN

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Maiden Hair Fern

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Lady Fern

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Bracken Fern

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What did a fern rhizome say to its leaflets after they frolicked in the shade?

Will you be my “Frond”

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What did the polite fern say to the other fern after they bumped fronds?

Oh I am so “SORI”

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Why couldn’t the fern get a gig with the rock band?

Because I Could Only

Play The Fiddle

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Why was it that the other plants didn’t want to play any board games with the spoiled fern?

He Was A “Spore” Looser

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Why was the Fern seen Hitchhiking by the side of the road after his car broke down ?

He was desperate for a “Rhiz – Home”

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