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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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Funny Funny Ferns !
FERNS belong to Subphylum :PTERIDOPHYTA – “WINGED PLANT”
THE MOST PRIMITIVE TRACHEOPHYTES (Phylum) ARE THE FERNS
WHAT IS A “TRACHEOPHYTE?
TRACHEID CELL
Fetal Pig’s Trachea
What is a “PTERIDOPHYTA” A Winged Plant? Try to remember PTERODACTYL.
A long long time ago…
The earth was very different. It was warm, swampy and strange plants were colonizing the land.
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.
First ferns are estimated to be about 400 million year old
Morphology of Ferns
SEEDLESS VASCULAR PLANTS
Alternation of Generations
VERY SMALL HEART-SHAPED NON-VASCULAR GAMETOPHYTE WITH RHIZOIDS. Sporophyte sprouting up.
Ferns – Exhibit a DOMINANT SPOROPHYTE GENERATION
Local Ferns
DEER FERN
Maiden Hair Fern
Lady Fern
Bracken Fern
What did a fern rhizome say to its leaflets after they frolicked in the shade?
Will you be my “Frond”
What did the polite fern say to the other fern after they bumped fronds?
Oh I am so “SORI”
Why couldn’t the fern get a gig with the rock band?
Because I Could Only
Play The Fiddle
Why was it that the other plants didn’t want to play any board games with the spoiled fern?
He Was A “Spore” Looser
Why was the Fern seen Hitchhiking by the side of the road after his car broke down ?
He was desperate for a “Rhiz – Home”