The algae chara is called stonewort because in plant body it is encrusted with
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Stoneworts (Charales) is an order of macro-algae, nonvascular plants. As a group, these plants is known as Stoneworts because they may become encrusted with calcium carbonate making rough and stiffer than other submerged plants. The lime will produce an offensive odor when a plant is crushed.
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The algae chara is called stonewort because in plant body it is encrusted with calcium carbonate.
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- Chara plants are rough to touch because of the presence of calcium carbonate (lime) on their cell wall.
- Chara is a genus of charophyte green algae in the family Characeae.
- It is a submerged aquatic freshwater algae.
- It is a macroscopic, multicellular, branched thalloid plant body.
- It resembles the land plants because of its stem-like and leaf-like structure.
- The stem is actually a central stalk consisting of giant, multinucleated cells.
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