Nonvascular Plants,Mosses

and Ferns

What are Nonvascular Plants??

What are Nonvascular Plants?

Nonvascular plants don’t have a well developed system of tubes for transporting water and other materials

Soo…..…They live in watery surroundings -Constant water source-Helps during reproduction

3 main groups of nonvascular plants

Mosses

Liverworts

Hornworts

Mosses

Mosses

The sporophyte grows out

of the gametophyt

e

The capsule contains the spores for reproduction

Rhizoids are root like structures that hold the moss to the earth

Why are mosses important?

Why are mosses important?

Gardening! Gardeners often use peat moss to help their soil hold in more water.

Liverworts and Hornworts

Grown on moist rocks and soil

FERNS

Are they vascular or nonvascular?

Are they vascular or nonvascular?

Ferns have true vascular tissue and they do not produce seeds.

So how do they reproduce?

Are they vascular or nonvascular?

Ferns have true vascular tissue(BUT it doesn’t work well) and they do not produce seeds.

So how do they reproduce?Spores!!

SPORES

Ferns grow in moist conditions just like mosses

The spores are found on the fronds

The spores are released into thesurroundings and then grow intogametophytes.

Ferns

Frond

Stem

Roots