Name: _____________________________________________
Land Plants Table
Date: ___________________
Land Plants
Type of Land Plant
Vascular?
Seeds?
Flowers?
Homosporous or
heterosporous?
Dominant stage
in life cycle
Examples
Bryophyte
No
No
No
Homosporous
(bisexual spores)
Gametophyte
(1n, haploid)
Moss, liverwort,
hornwort
Pteridophyte
Yes
No
No
Homosporous
(bisexual spores)
Sporophyte
(2n, diploid)
Ferns, horsetails,
psilotum, selaginella
Gymnosperm
Yes
Yes
No
Heterosporous
Sporophyte
(2n, diploid)
Conifers, ginkgoes,
cycads, gnetophytes
Angiosperm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Heterosporous
Sporophyte
(2n, diploid)
Flowering plants
(male/female spores)
(male/female spores)
Angiosperms
Type of
Angiosperm
Cotyledons
Floral parts in
3s or 4s/5s?
Arrangement
of veins
Arrangement of
vascular bundles
Fibrous
root system
or taproot?
Examples
Monocot
One
3s
Parallel
Scattered
Fibrous
Grasses, palms,
lilies
Dicot
Two
4s/5s
Network
Ring
Taproot
Woody plants,
trees, shrubs,
beans
Name: _____________________________________________
Land Plants Table
Bryophyte Life Cycle
Gymnosperm Life Cycle
Date: ___________________
Pteridophyte Life Cycle
Angiosperm Life Cycle