Plant characteristics include being made of cells with DNA, cell walls, and chloroplasts. They are multicellular producers that make their own food through photosynthesis. There are two main types of plants: nonvascular and vascular. Nonvascular plants like mosses and liverworts do not have roots, stems or leaves, lack vascular tissue, and reproduce through spores. Vascular plants contain vascular tissue to transport food and water, and some contain seeds while others reproduce through spores.

1. Plant Characteristics

2. Characteristics of Plants
1. Made of cells (with DNA, cell wall,
chloroplasts)
2. Multicellular – no single celled
plants
3. Producers – make own food
(Photosynthesis)
4. Body plan (cells to organ systems)

4. Types of Plants
1. Nonvascular Plants – do not have
roots, stems or leaves
a. NO Vascular tissue and NO seeds!

5. Nonvascular Plants are
Simple Plants.
• They are small.
• No vascular tissue means water has to
move by osmosis from the ground through
the plant.
• This means they must live in moist places.
• They produce spores for reproduction.

6. Examples of Nonvascular Plants :
• Mosses
• Liverworts

7. Types of Plants
2. Vascular Plants – contain vascular
tissue (transpors food and water)
a. Some contain seeds
b. Some don’t contain seeds
c. Some have flowers, some
Don’t have flowers

8. a. seedless vascular
plants
1. Vascular tissue
2. No seeds, still have spores
3. Examples: horsetails and ferns

9. Spores

10. b. Vascular seed plants
• Gymnosperm- produce seeds on the
scales on of female cones.
– They do not produce flowers
– Have needlelike or scale like leaves
– Examples: conifers, evergreens

11. Flowering Plants
• Angiosperm- their seeds are inside.
- All produce flowers
- most common plants on earth