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With xylem and phloem bringing
water, minerals, and food up to the
parts of the plants that needed it,
these plants had the ability to grow
very tall. Many of did, but the
large vascular seedless plants are
mostly extinct now. Those
vascular seedless plants that
remain tend to be small. Ferns are
the most common of this group of
plants. They are found in
environments ranging from aquatic
areas to tropical rainforests. Other
vascular seedless plants are shown
below.
Figure 5 – Moss (top) can be found on the
trunks of trees in the forest. Hornworts
(center) are found in moist areas.
Liverworts (bottom) are found along
riverbeds.
Figure 6 – The club moss (upper left), fern
Vascular Seedless Plants (upper right), horsetail (bottom left), and
whisk fern (bottom right) are vascular
seedless plants.
Based on their name, you can
probably figure out that vascular Some seedless plants are used by
seedless plants have vascular people today. Sphagnum, or peat
tissues, but don’t have seeds. moss, is used to improve soil,
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