Transcript Plant Groups Vascular and Non Vascular

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
Plant Kingdom
Vascular vs Nonvascular
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 Plants
This is the largest group in
the Plant Kingdom.
These plants have a welldeveloped system for
transporting water and
food
• True roots
• True stems
• True leaves
• Vascular bundles
Vascular 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)
Vascular Structures
Pink = Xylem
Green = Phloem
Ways to remember!
“ffffffood…ppphloem”
“
wxylem”
What is the name of this vascular plant?
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
Nonvascular Plants
These plants do not have a welldeveloped 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.
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.
VASCULAR OR NON
VASCULAR OR NON
XYLEM OR
PHLOEM
DEFINITION
XYLEM OR
PHLOEM
DEFINITION