Psilophyta	whisk ferns
Lycophyta	club mosses
Sphenophyta	horsetails
Pterophyta	ferns
Cycadophyta	cycads
Ginkgophyta	Ginkgo
Coniferophyta	conifers

Complete the descriptive entries in the table (Lower Vascular Plants Worksheet) for each plant you study. Possible terms you could use are:

General form

Aquatic, terrestrial, large, minute, size in inches, woody, herbaceous, prostrate, (hemi)cryptophyte, spreading, compact.

Leaves

With lamina, needle-like, minute, scale-like, none, petiolate, sessile, compound (pinnate, palmate etc.), serrate, entire margins, leathery, delicate, glaucous, glabrous, hairy, green, brown, etc.

Stems

Clearly visible, invisible (rosette), branching (dichotomous?), unbranched, woody, green, brown, covered in scales.

Reproductive structures (if visible)

Cone-like, homosporous, heterosporous, sorus, sporangia, on leaves, axillary, terminal.