1. Nonflowering Plants

2. Plant Kingdom
Flowering Plants
Non-flowering Plants

3. Non - flowering Plants Some plants don’t produce flowers and seeds.
Non-flowering plants such as ferns and mosses produce spores instead of seeds.

4. Spores Spores are microscopic specks of living material.
Ferns produce their spores on the undersides of the leaves.

5. Spores

6. Examples of Mosses

7. Characteristics of Mosses
Mosses are some of the simplest plants with simple stems and leaves.
Mosses have spores which can be found inside a capsule.
The spores are dispersed by the wind.

8. Examples of Mosses
spores

9. Examples of Ferns

10. Characteristics of Ferns
Ferns are plants that reproduce through spores which are found on the underside of leaves.
Ferns can be found in damp and shady places.
They have roots, feathery leaves, and underground stems.

11. Gymnosperms Some plants don’t have flowers or spores.
Gymnosperms are plants that produce seeds in cones.

12. Examples of Gymnosperms

13. Characteristics of Gymnosperms
Gymnosperms reproduce with cones.
They are tall evergreen trees with roots and a woody stem.
Gymnosperms have needle-shaped leaves.
They are usually found in dry places.