| 31. | Mature sporophytes remain attached to the gametophyte.
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| 32. | The sporophyte remains small and dependent on the parent gametophyte for its entire brief life.
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| 33. | The sporophyte produces spores which develop into free-living male and female gametophyte plants.
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| 34. | The blades of the new sporophyte grow from one or two initial blades by splitting.
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| 35. | Fire moss sporophytes appear early in the spring, as soon as the snow melts.
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| 36. | Sporophytes are rarely produced, although they are reported to be abundant in coastal areas.
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| 37. | The diploid sporophytes appear only occasionally and remain attached to and nutritionally dependent on the gametophyte.
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| 38. | The mature sporophyte produces haploid spores which grow into a gametophyte, thus completing the cycle.
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| 39. | Liverworts have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, with the sporophyte dependent on the gametophyte.
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| 40. | Even in other bryophytes, the sporophyte is persistent and disperses spores over an extended period.
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