(E) Comparison of Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) and “gymnosperms”.
 

    Compare the different lineages of "gymnosperms" and flowering plants. Do they all produce leaves, roots, and stems? Do they all produce seeds? Are they similar in size and structure? How do they differ from more primitive vascular plants, such as horsetails or club mosses? What are some adaptations for a terrestrial existence found in these groups but not in earlier-evolved groups?

    It wouldn't be a bad idea for you to make a chart comparing the various important features of each of the extant "Divisions" of plants that we've covered in this lab -- Hepaticophyta (liverworts), Bryophyta (mosses), Lycophyta (club mosses, etc.), Sphenophyta (horsetails), Pteridophyta (ferns), Coniferophyta (conifers), and Anthophyta (flowering plants).  The table below is a suggestion, to get you started.  What other characteristics of these lineages can you compare?
 
 

Lineage	Gametophyte	Sporophyte	Photosynthetic Structures	Vascular Tissue	Life Cycle Dominance
Liverwort	green, free-living, prostrate/flat	small, unbranched, dependent on gametophyte	gametophyte thallus	absent	gametophyte
Moss
Lycophyte
Horsetail
Fern
Conifer
Flowering Plant