Plant Classification

Some Plants Have Tubes, Others Do Not

Like Blood Vessels in Animals - Transport Materials Needed by All Cells in the Organism (Every Cell in the Plant Needs Nutrients to Live)

Xylem - Moves Water

Phloem - Moves Food

Have NO tubes to transport needed nutrients

Reproduce: ONLY with Spores

Size: Usually small to make it easier for all cells to get nutrients without a tube system (move materials cell to cell)

Found Where: Usually live near water or in damp/humid places to make it easier to get water (no true roots with tubes to soak up water)

Have tubes to transport needed nutrients (like our blood vessels carry oxygen, food and other materials)

Have true roots, stems, & leaves

Reproduce: Some with spores, most with seeds

Size: Can grow larger because they can move nutrients faster

Found Where: Almost anywhere (dry, wet, cold, hot)