Represented by only two living genera, Psilotum and Tmesipteris, these plants resemble the extinct

Cooksonia. Having no true roots or leaves, these seedless vascular plants are essentially forking green
stems.



a. mosses
b. whisk ferns
c. ferns
d. club mosses
e. horsetails


B

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__________________Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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