3. Vascular
• People: of, relating to, affecting, or
consisting of a vessel or vessels, especially
those that carry blood
• Plants: relating to the plant tissues (xylem
and phloem) that conduct water, sap, and
nutrients
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6. Plant Kingdom
All plants are included in this kingdom,
which is then divided into smaller and
smaller divisions based on several
characteristics
Examples:
• How they transport fluids
• How they reproduce
• Method of seed production
• Type of seed leaf
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Plants are placed in two major groups
based on their internal structure.
The two groups are:
• Vascular plants - which have special
cells to transport food and water
• Nonvascular plants -which do not
have the same structures for
transport
Vascular vs Nonvascular
8. Vascular Plants
This is the largest group
in the Plant Kingdom.
These plants have a
well-developed system
for transporting water
and food
• True roots
• True stems
• True leaves
• Vascular bundles
9. Vascular StructuresVascular plants have
tube-like structures
that provide support
and help transport
water and food
throughout the plant.
• Xylem tissue
transport water and
minerals from the
roots to the rest of
the plant.
• Phloem tissue
transport food from
the leaves to the
rest of the plant.
(sugar)
10. Pink = Xylem
Green = Phloem
Ways to remember!
“ffffffood…
ppphloem”
“wxylem”
12. Types of vascular plants
Examples:
• Trees and shrubs have woody stems that
grow tall
• Grasses, dandelions, and tomato plants
have soft herbaceous stems and remain
close to the ground
13. Nonvascular Plants
These plants do not have a well-developed
system for transporting water and food
• No true roots, stems, or leaves
They get nutrients direct from
environment and pass them cell to cell.
This keeps these plants very small in size.
Examples:
• Mosses, liverworts, hornworts.
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15. Vascular vs Nonvascular Key Concepts
• Minerals are natural substances that all
plants need to grow.
• Vascular plants have special tissues
called xylem and phloem that form tube-
like pathways so that water, minerals,
and food can move through plants.
• Nonvascular plants do not have these
special tissues. In nonvascular plants,
materials must travel from one cell to
the next cell.