Vascular and Non Vascular Plants

Plants that have tube-like structures that transport water from the roots to the stems and leaves.

• vascular plants

• non vascular plants

• rhizoids

• ferns

The leafy branch of a fern.

• fiddlehead

• frond

• rhizomes

• mosses

Thin root like structures.

• fronds

• rhizomes

• rhizoids

• club mosses

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• horsetails

• rhizomes

• fiddleheads

• club mosses

These underground stems are called

• rhizoids

• rhizomes

• fronds

• horsetails

Plants that do not have tubelike structures to transport water.

• vascular plants

• aerial plants

• non vascular plants

• fronds

Vascular plants that do not have flowers.

• angiosperms

• perennials

• gymnosperms

• evergreens

Plants that produce flowers and contain seeds protected inside a fruit.

• angiosperms

• gymnosperms

• ferns

• conifers

These vascular plants look like small evergreen trees.

• ginkgoes

• cycads

• club mosses

• gnetophytes

These gymnosperms are often mistaken for palm trees.

• cycads

• gnetophytes

• conifers

• ginkgoes

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