AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Trees and shrubs are examples of
A
nonvascular plants
B
vascular plants
C
mosses
D
fungi
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Common examples of vascular plants include trees, shrubs, grasses, flowering plants, and ferns.

Detailed explanation-2: -Trees, shrubs, grasses, flowering plants, and ferns are all vascular plants; just about everything that is not a moss, algae, lichen, or fungus (nonvascular plants) is vascular. These plants have systems of veins that conduct water and nutrient fluids throughout the plant.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Clubmosses, horsetails, ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms (flowering plants) are some examples of vascular plants. Basically, any land plant that carries water and food throughout its parts is a vascular plant, from grasses and tomato plants to shrubs and trees.

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