Who's up for a challange? 1.
A) Vascular tissue is present- Veins in leaves and stems…….Go to #3
B) Vascular tissue is not present ……………….………………..Go to #2

2.
A) Spongy, tiny leaf like appearance…………….…………Bryophyta (moss)
B) Horn-like structures…….….……….Anthocerophyta (hornworts)
C) Deeply grooved lobes…….………...………….….Hepatophyta (liverworts)

3.
A) Spores under or attached to leaves or stems…..………..Go to #4
B) Flowers or fruit…………….……………….Anthophyta (angiosperms)
C) Presence of cones……………………...…………….Go to #5

4.
A) Grow in club-like clusters……………..………….Lycophyta (club mosses)
B) Large fronds…………..………………………………...Pterophy ta (ferns)
C) Stems with no leaves, whisk-like appearance….Psilophyta (whisk ferns)
D) Reed-like appearance of leaves and stems.….Sphenophyta (horsetails)

5.
A) Palm-like leaves, cone/s in the center…………….…….Cycadophyta
B) White/silver fruit-like cones that emit foul odor…..….Female Ginkgophyta
C) Needle-like leaves and cones………………………..………Coniferophyta
D) Pollen tubes from one cone to another……………………….Gnetophyta

(Fill out Lab report linked below before answering the Analysis Questions)

Analysis Questions:

1. What characteristics allowed you to identify each of your plant samples?

2. To which division does each of your plant samples belong and why? [Nonvascular (Bryophytes), Seedless Vascular (Pteridophytes), Nonflowering Plants (Gymnosperms), or the Flowering Plants (Angiosperms)]?

3. Was your hypothesis correct? Did you have more of one type of plant over another? If so, why?

4. Why is it important to know the division or phylum of the various plant species growing in your backyard?