WHAT IS LIFE? GDE.TO BIOLOGY W/PHYSIO.
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Chapter 14, Problem 2SA
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The reason why the earliest land plants grew very close to the ground.
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The first land plants appeared around 470 million years ago, when life was diversifying rapidly. These plants reproduce with spores that would swim through moist soil and find the female organs. The earliest plants did not have a robust vascular system and plants could not get taller than a couple feet. These plants grew very close to the ground.
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