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Mosses and ferns are found in moist and ...

Mosses and ferns are found in moist and shady place because both

A

Require presence of water for fertilization

B

Do not need sunlight for photosynthesis

C

Depend for their nutrition on microorganisms which can survive only at low temperature

D

Cannot compete with sun-loving plants.

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A
During ferilization ventral canal cell and the neck canal cell,along with tip of the neck disintegrate and the neck forms a canal like passage full of mucilage and some chemicals like malic acids.These chemicals attract antherozoids(chemotative movement of antherozoids)and one of the male gametes fuses with the oospore forming a diploid oospore.Water is essntial for this process.
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