PLANTS

Characteristics of Plants

• All plants need space, air, water, and sunlight.

Nonvascular Plants

• Grow close to the ground.• Absorb water directly from the ground.• May grow just a few centimeters tall.

Vascular Plants

• No size limits• Tubes transport water and nutrients to various

parts of the plant.• Can be seed plants or seedless.

VASCULAR

seedless seeds

horsetail

daisy

Flowersangiosperm

no flowersgymnosperm

Fir treeapple tree

fern

Ginko tree

Seedless Plants

• Reproduce by spores• A single cell with a tough outer covering.• Creates a new plant exactly like the one that

produced it.

Seed Plants

• Seeds contain the undeveloped plant, stored food, and a protective covering.

• The covering keeps the seed from getting dried out or damaged.

• The stored food is used to help the plant grow and develop.

• Can be flowering plants or non-flowering.