1. NONVASCULAR PLANTSVASCULAR PLANTS Definition: Plants that lack a well—developed system of tubes for transporting water and other materials Examples: Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts Description: Low-growing, only a few centimeters tall Where They Live: Damp, shady places Obtains Water: By directly absorbing it from their surroundings, cell to cell Definition: Plants that have a well—developed system of tubes for transporting water and other materials Examples: Seedless (ferns, club mosses, & horsetails) Seeds (rice, peas, squash, cotton, flax, oak, pine, maples) Description: Grow quite tall Where They Live: Drier areas Obtains Water: By absorbing it through their roots

2. Types of Seed Plants AngiospermsGymnosperms Flowering Plants Produce seeds that are enclosed in fruits (i.e. apples and oranges) Naked seeds; do not produce flowers Reproduce with cones Needle-like leaves or scale like leaves; deep growing root systems p. 272

3. Examples of Nonvascular Plants Moss Liverworts Hornworts

4. Examples of Seedless Vascular Plants Ferns Horsetails Club Mosses

5. Examples of Vascular Plants with Seeds Red Maple Flax Plants Rice Plants Cotton Squash Plants