HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

PLANT BIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of these plants is nonvascular?
A
Apple tree
B
fern
C
dandelion
D
moss
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -These are the nonvascular plants or bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts), the seedless vascular plants (clubmosses and ferns including, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns), gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and gnetophytes), and angiosperms, or flowering plants.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mosses and liverworts are small, primitive, non-vascular plants. They lack the conductive tissue most plants use to transport water and nutrients. Instead, moisture is absorbed directly into cells by osmosis.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nonvascular plants include liverworts, hornworts, and mosses. They lack roots, stems, and leaves. Nonvascular plants are low-growing, reproduce with spores, and need a moist habitat.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mosses, hornworts, and liverworts are nonvascular plants called Bryophytes.

Detailed explanation-5: -Examples of nonvascular plants include mosses or Bryophytes, liverworts or Hepaticophyta, and hornworts or Anthocerophyta. Is moss a nonvascular plant? Yes, mosses belong to the group of nonvascular plants called Bryophytes. They are autotrophs and produce their food by photosynthesis.

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