Classifying Plants

Classifying Plants Scientists use two characteristics to classify plants into small groups: a) How plants transport nutrients b) How plants reproduce

Water and Nutrient Transportation Vascular Plants: They have tubelike structures that connect the leaves, roots, and stem.These structures transport water and nutrients, support the leaves and stem.

Vascular Plants Grass Ferns Dandelions Celery Tree

Water and Nutrient Transportation Nonvascular Plants: They pass water and nutrients from cell to cell. Mosses

Reproduction Flowers and Seeds (vascular): Flowering plants produce seeds

Reproduction Cones and Seeds (vascular): They make seeds and have cones instead of flowers.

Reproduction Vascular Plants with Spores: Some vascular plants form spores (brown dots or streaks).

Reproduction Nonvascular plants with Spores: Their spores form in cases at the tips of short stalks. Each spore case holds hundreds of spores.