PLANT CLASSIFICATION

SO…

WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

CLASSIFICATIONTo CLASSIFY plants means:

To group similar things like plants.

EXAMPLE

Classification according to how plants ABSORB

WATER

PLANT KINGDOM

Non-vascular Plants –

Plants that absorb water through the surface of their LEAVES

Vascular Plants –

Plants that have Xylem and Phloem that carries water. Plants that absorb water using their ROOTS

PLANT KINGDOM

Non-vascular Plants –

Plants that absorb water through the surface of their LEAVES

Vascular Plants –

Plants that have Xylem and Phloem that carries water. Plants that absorb using their ROOTS

Examples of Non-vascular Plants

Mosses

Hornworts

Liveworts

Aqualiense

Examples of Vascular Plants

Ferns

Cone-bearing Plants

Flowering Plants

Classification according to how plants REPRODUCE

PLANT KINGDOM

Seedless Plants –

Plants that does not produce seeds. Instead, they produce spores for reproduction

Plants with Seeds –

Plants that have seeds for reproduction

Examples of Seedless Plants

Plants with Spores

Plants with Spores

Western Sword Fern

Ferns

Examples of Plants with Seeds

Now watch this!

C:\Documents and Settings\computer\Desktop\plantclassification\Fern_ The Life Cycle.mp4

C:\Documents and Settings\computer\Desktop\

plantclassification\Time lapse radish seeds sprouting, top and roots growing.flv

Now, learning about plants is easy because of CLASSIFICATION

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