NONVASCULAR PLANTS
Definition: Plants that lack a
well—developed system of
tubes for transporting water
and other materials
Examples: Mosses,
Liverworts, and Hornworts
Description: Low-growing,
only a few centimeters tall
Where They Live: Damp,
shady places
Obtains Water: By
directly absorbing it from
their surroundings, cell to
cell
VASCULAR PLANTS
Definition: Plants that have
a well—developed system of
tubes for transporting water
and other materials
Examples: Seedless (ferns, club
mosses, & horsetails)
Seeds (rice, peas, squash, cotton,
flax, oak, pine, maples)
Description: Grow quite tall
Where They Live: Drier areas
Obtains Water: By
absorbing it through their
roots
Angiosperms
Gymnosperms
Flowering Plants
 Produce seeds that are
enclosed in fruits (i.e.
apples and oranges)
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Naked seeds; do not
produce flowers
Reproduce with cones
Needle-like leaves or scale
like leaves; deep growing
root systems p. 272
Types of Seed Plants
Examples of Nonvascular Plants
Hornworts
Moss
Liverworts
Examples of Seedless Vascular Plants
Club Mosses
Ferns
Horsetails
Examples of Vascular Plants with Seeds
Cotton
Red Maple
Flax Plants
Rice Plants
Squash
Plants