The Next Few Questions Are Based on the Following Description

question 59

Multiple Choice

The next few questions are based on the following description.
A biology student hiking in a forest happens upon an erect, 15-cm-tall plant that bears microphylls and a strobilus at its tallest point. When disturbed, the cone emits a dense cloud of brownish dust. A pocket magnifying glass reveals the dust to be composed of tiny spheres with a high oil content.
-This organism probably belongs to the same phylum as the

• A) ferns, horsetails, and whisk ferns.
• B) club mosses, quillworts, and spike mosses.
• C) mosses, hornworts, and liverworts.
• D) conifers.
• E) charophytes.

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