The sporophyte is the asexual stage of the alternation of generations in plants and alga. The alternation of generations is the term used to describe a plant's life cycle because a plant alternates from a sexual phase to an asexual phase and back again. The sporophyte phase is the growth portion of the cycle and produces the sex organs that will lead to the commencement of the sexual phase. Sporophyte shoots can be seen arising as thin fibers from the green moss in the image.
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