Nonvascular Plants, Mosses and Ferns. What are Nonvascular Plants??
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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