Seedless Plants22-3

Lizbeth Fajardo Period 6March 29, 2010

What is a Seedless Vascular Plant? A seedless vascular

plant does not reproduce by seeds.

It develops a structure that allows water and nutrients transport around the plant.

Evolution Both forms of vascular

tissue –xylem and phloem-can move fluids throughout the plant body, even against the force of gravity.

They are key cells in xylem, a vascular tissue that carries water up the root to every part of the plant!

Ferns and Their Relatives Seedless vascular plants

include club mosses, horsetails and ferns.

Like other vascular plants, ferns, and their relatives have true roots leaves and stems

Roots: Underground organ absorbs water and minerals.

Fern liFe cycle Ferns and other vascular plants have a life

cycle in which the diploid sporophyte is dominant stage.

In the life cycle of a fern, the dominant and recognizable stage is the diploid sporophyte.

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