1. Nonvascular Plants,
Mosses
and
Ferns

2. What are Nonvascular Plants??

3. What are Nonvascular Plants?
Nonvascular plants don’t have a well developed system of tubes for transporting water and other materials
Soo…..…
They live in watery surroundings
-Constant water source
-Helps during reproduction

4. 3 main groups of nonvascular plants
Mosses
Liverworts
Hornworts

5. Mosses

6. The sporophyte grows out of the gametophyte
Mosses
The capsule contains the spores for reproduction
The sporophyte grows out of the gametophyte
Rhizoids are root like structures that hold the moss to the earth

8. Why are mosses important?

9. Why are mosses important?
Gardening! Gardeners often use peat moss to help their soil hold in more water.

10. Liverworts and Hornworts
Grown on moist rocks and soil

11. FERNS

12. Are they vascular or nonvascular?

13. Are they vascular or nonvascular?
Ferns have true vascular tissue and they do not produce seeds.
So how do they reproduce?

14. Are they vascular or nonvascular?
Ferns have true vascular tissue(BUT it doesn’t work well) and they do not produce seeds.
So how do they reproduce?
Spores!!

15. SPORES Ferns grow in moist conditions just like mosses
The spores are found on the fronds
The spores are released into the
surroundings and then grow into
gametophytes.

16. Ferns
Frond
Stem
Roots