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: -Overview. Vascular plants are called tracheophytes. Vascular plants have vascular tissues that transport water and dissolved minerals from roots to stems and leaves. The first vascular plants were not tall trees, but much smaller plants.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vascular plants (biology definition): plants with vascular tissues, particularly, xylem and phloem for conducting water and integrating food, respectively. Examples are ferns, seed plants, angiosperms, and gymnosperms.