PLANTS WITHOUT PLANTS WITHOUT SEEDSSEEDS

NON VASCULARNON VASCULAR

2 TYPES OF PLANTS2 TYPES OF PLANTS

NONVASCULAR:NONVASCULAR: plants that DO NOT have tubes that plants that DO NOT have tubes that

carry water and food throughout the carry water and food throughout the plantplant

VASCULAR PLANT: VASCULAR PLANT: plants that DO have tubes to carry food plants that DO have tubes to carry food

and water throughout the plantand water throughout the plant

NEEDED FOR PLANTS TO NEEDED FOR PLANTS TO MOVE TO LANDMOVE TO LAND

Need to support the leaves and rest Need to support the leaves and rest of the body so that they do not of the body so that they do not collapsecollapse

What would help support the plant?What would help support the plant? StemsStems

NEEDED FOR PLANTS TO NEEDED FOR PLANTS TO MOVE TO LANDMOVE TO LAND

Need to obtain water and food.Need to obtain water and food.

What helped the plant to get food What helped the plant to get food and water?and water? Roots, LeavesRoots, Leaves

NEEDED FOR PLANTS TO NEEDED FOR PLANTS TO MOVE TO LANDMOVE TO LAND

Need to transport Need to transport water and food to all water and food to all different parts of the different parts of the body.body.

What helped the plant What helped the plant to get food and water to get food and water to all parts of the to all parts of the body?body? Vascular tissue( xylem, Vascular tissue( xylem,

phloem)phloem)

NEEDED FOR PLANTS TO NEEDED FOR PLANTS TO MOVE TO LANDMOVE TO LAND

Need to prevent Need to prevent excess water loss excess water loss to the to the environment.environment.

What helped the What helped the plant to lose less plant to lose less water?water? Cuticle: waxy Cuticle: waxy

coveringcovering

11stst PLANTS TO HIT LAND PLANTS TO HIT LAND

MOSSESMOSSES

LIVERWORTSLIVERWORTS

HORNWORTSHORNWORTS

MOSSES, LIVERWORTS & MOSSES, LIVERWORTS & HORNWORTSHORNWORTS

Adapted to land by:Adapted to land by: Living in places with a lot of waterLiving in places with a lot of water Remaining small in sizeRemaining small in size

They are NonvascularThey are Nonvascular

Uses for humans:Uses for humans: Decoration (in gardens)Decoration (in gardens) Soil conditionerSoil conditioner Fuel (dried peat moss)Fuel (dried peat moss)

Importance of Non Importance of Non Vascular PlantsVascular Plants

Usually the first plants to inhabit a Usually the first plants to inhabit a new environment.new environment.

Form a thin layer of soil when they Form a thin layer of soil when they die.die.

They help hold the soil in place which They help hold the soil in place which prevents erosion.prevents erosion.

Nesting material for birds.Nesting material for birds. Peat moss can be burned as fuel.Peat moss can be burned as fuel.

MOSSES

LIVERWORTS

HORNWORTS

PLANTS WITHOUT SEEDSPLANTS WITHOUT SEEDS

VASCULARVASCULAR

Characteristics of Characteristics of Vascular PlantsVascular Plants

They can grow much taller than They can grow much taller than mosses and hornwortsmosses and hornworts

They have true leaves, stems and They have true leaves, stems and rootsroots

Have a waxy coating on their leaves Have a waxy coating on their leaves to prevent water lossto prevent water loss

Reproduce by sporesReproduce by spores

Two types of vascular Two types of vascular tissuetissue

XYLEM: carries XYLEM: carries water and water and minerals minerals throughout the throughout the plantplant Only goes in 1 Only goes in 1

direction….UPdirection….UP

XYLEM

Two types of vascular Two types of vascular tissuetissue

PHLOEM: carries PHLOEM: carries food throughout food throughout the plantthe plant Goes in both Goes in both

directionsdirections

PHLOEM

Types of seedless Types of seedless vascular plantsvascular plants

Whisk FernsWhisk Ferns: can : can be found in be found in swamplands and swamplands and dry rocky cliffsdry rocky cliffs Rhizomes: Rhizomes:

horizontal stem of horizontal stem of a plant that is a plant that is usually found usually found undergroundunderground

Types of seedless Types of seedless vascular plantsvascular plants

Club MossesClub Mosses: : small, creeping, small, creeping, terrestrial plantsterrestrial plants

Types of seedless Types of seedless vascular plantsvascular plants

HorsetailsHorsetails: they : they are erect, jointed, are erect, jointed, brittle and brittle and grooved, hollow grooved, hollow except at the except at the jointsjoints

Types of seedless Types of seedless vascular plantsvascular plants

FernsFerns: have true : have true leaves but lack leaves but lack flowers and seedsflowers and seeds Fronds: part of fern Fronds: part of fern

leaf that has the leaf that has the sporesspores

FiddleheadsFiddleheads

Parts of FernsParts of Ferns

Fronds: part of Fronds: part of fern leaf that has fern leaf that has the sporesthe spores

Parts of FernsParts of Ferns

Fiddleheads: Fiddleheads: uncurled baby uncurled baby fernsferns

Reproduction in plants Reproduction in plants without seedswithout seeds

Alteration of Generation: Alteration of Generation: sporophyte (produces spores) turn sporophyte (produces spores) turn into a gametophyte (produces a into a gametophyte (produces a new plant)new plant)

Sexual reproduction that requires Sexual reproduction that requires water for the sperm to reach the water for the sperm to reach the eggegg

Helpful effects of FernsHelpful effects of Ferns

Popular houseplantsPopular houseplants Products from fern are used to grow Products from fern are used to grow

other plantsother plants Used in crop to house a bacteria Used in crop to house a bacteria

that acts as a fertilizerthat acts as a fertilizer Some ferns can be eaten as foodSome ferns can be eaten as food