DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY
PLANT CLASSIFICATION
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Question
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What are non-vascular plants?
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plants that have a root system:roots, stem, and leaves
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plants that produce flowers and seeds
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plants that have seeds protected by fruit
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plants that do not have tube-like structures that carry water, nutrients, and other substances throughout the plant
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Bryophytes such as mosses and algae are non-vascular plants. They do not possess true roots, stems and leaves. Xylem and phloem are absent. Bryophytes include liverworts, hornworts and mosses.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nonvascular Plants. Nonvascular plants (often referred to collectively as the bryophytes) include three groups: the mosses (Bryophyta), approximately 15, 000 species; liverworts (Hepaticophyta), approximately 7500 species; and hornworts (Anthocerophyta), approximately 250 species (Table 1).
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