1. Plant Adaptation

2. Adaptions for land living
Ability to get and retain water
Thick cuticle: waxy leaf cover
Large vacuole: water storage in cells
Roots: suck up water from ground
Fibrous roots
taproots

3. Adaptions for land living
Ability to transport materials from one part of plant to another part: xylem and phloem “vascular tissue”
Xylem: transports water
Phloem: transports food

4. Adaptions for land living
Ability to stand up straight:
Cell wall: made of cellulose (stuff you can’t digest)
Vacuole: full of water

5. Adaptions for land living
Ability to reproduce on land
Seeds
Pollen
Flowers
Cones

6. Classifying Plants Nonvascular plants: Low growing
No roots, no xylem/phloem
Obtain water thru leaves
Thin cell walls
Live in damp shady areas

7. vascular plants Have true vascular tissue (xylem and phloem)
Can transport materials
Can live in dry areas
Allows them to stand up straight