AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The ferns, gymnosperms, and flowering plants are all vascular plants. Because they possess vascular tissues, these plants have true stems, leaves, and roots.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vascular plants include the clubmosses, horsetails, ferns, gymnosperms (including conifers), and angiosperms (flowering plants). Scientific names for the group include Tracheophyta, Tracheobionta and Equisetopsida sensu lato.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most extant plants on Earth have vascular systems, including the lower vascular plants (lycophytes and ferns), gymnosperms, and angiosperms. Discrete clusters of xylem and phloem tissues, known as vascular bundles, run longitudinally along the stem.

Detailed explanation-4: -Flowering plants are always vascular and grow in a range of habitats, including deserts and swamps. Non-vascular plants include liverworts, hornworts and mosses, which do not produce flowers and grow in mostly shady, moist conditions.

Detailed explanation-5: -A vascular plant is any one of a number of plants with specialized vascular tissue. The two types of vascular tissue, xylem and phloem, are responsible for moving water, minerals, and the products of photosynthesis throughout the plant. As opposed to a non-vascular plant, a vascular plant can grow much larger.