Wednesday, April 7, 2010

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Do all plants have seeds? Best

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  1. First of all, I think that not all plants have seeds. This is because there are some plants that reproduce without using seeds. So, these plants never end up having seeds. Two examples of seedless plants are ferns and mosses. Unlike spermatophytes, which are plants that use seeds to reproduce, ferns and mosses reproduce by releasing spores. Other seedless plants may replicate by producing rhizomes, tubers and other structures. A rhizome is the horizontal stem of a plant, and since rhizomes grow rapidly, plants that grow from them grow quickly, which is why they don't live well in pots. Therefore, some plants do not have seeds.

    I got my info from:

    http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-rhizome.htm

    and

    http://www.superseedsite.com/seeds_general/why_do_plants_have_seeds.html

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