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Four Adaptations for Life on Land

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Early land plants evolved key adaptations to life on land: the haplodiplontic cycle of Bio 1001, apical meristem tissue, a waxy cuticle, and lignified cell walls.

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A moss's waxy cuticle resists drying; lignin stiffens cell walls in later lineages.

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Not every land plant shows all four — mosses lack lignin, and losing one does not remove a lineage from the group.