Thursday, February 19, 2009

Plant Diversity- Ferns


Ferns are examples of the first vascular plants.

Expected Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course a fully engaged student should be able to

- discuss the components of the vascular system
- discuss the advantage of a having a vascular system
- diagram the life cycle of a fern
- discuss the morphological and physiological characteristics of ferns
- discuss the characteristics of ferns that makes them considered to be advanced relative to mosses but primitive relative to the gumnosperms
- discuss how the morphological and life history characteristics limits their size and geographic distrubution

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