The Closest Relatives of the Familiar Pine and Spruce Trees

question 18

Multiple Choice

The closest relatives of the familiar pine and spruce trees are ________.

• A) ferns, horsetails, lycophytes, and club mosses
• B) hornworts, liverworts, and mosses
• C) gnetophytes, cycads, and ginkgos
• D) elms, maples, and aspens

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