Big Bend National Park in Texas Is Mostly Chihuahuan Desert

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Big Bend National Park in Texas is mostly Chihuahuan desert, where rainfall averages about 10 inches per year. Yet, it is not uncommon when hiking in this bone-dry desert to encounter mosses and ferns. One such plant is called "flower of stone." It is not a flowering plant, nor does it produce seeds. Under arid conditions, its leaflike structures curl up. However, when it rains, it unfurls its leaves, which form a bright green rosette on the desert floor. Consequently, it is sometimes called the "resurrection plant." At first glance, it could be a fern, a true moss, or a spike moss.
-Upon closer inspection of the leaves of flower of stone, one can observe tiny, cone-like structures. Each cone-like structure emits spores of two different sizes. Consequently, flower of stone should be expected to possess which other characteristics?
1) a gametophyte generation that is dominant
2) lignified vascular tissues
3) microphylls
4) filamentous rhizoids, but not true roots
5) spores that are diploid when mature

• A) 1 and 2
• B) 1 and 5
• C) 2 and 3
• D) 2, 3, and 4
• E) 3, 4, and 5

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