ancient relatives of both club mosses and horsetails were large and treelike

Earth Science: Biology – Plants and Fungi – Whisk ferns, club mosses, and horsetails The spore-producing vascular plants, Pteridophyta, includes the so-called true ferns, whisk ferns, club mosses, and horsetails. Their life cycle involves spore-based reproduction and the alternation of generations. In ferns, the sporophyte is an independent plant, representing the dominant of the two … Read more