1. 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

2. Plant Kingdom

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Pink = Xylem
Green = Phloem
Ways to remember!
“ffffffood…ppphloem”
“wxylem”

7. What is the name of this vascular plant?

8. 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

9. 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.

11. 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.

12. VASCULAR OR NON
VASCULAR OR NON
XYLEM OR PHLOEM
DEFINITION
XYLEM OR PHLOEM
DEFINITION

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