Classifying Plants

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Classifying Plants
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Vocabulary to Know

• Vascular plant
• Nonvascular plant

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Plants

• Plants do not have fur, scales, or blood, so how
  are they classified?
• Like animals, plants are divided into two main
  groups. Then these two groups are divided into
  smaller groups.
• The ways that plants get their food and the ways
  that they create new plants will help you
  classify them.

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How are they classified?

• One way that plants can be classified is by how
  they carry water. Plants can either be Vascular
  or Nonvascular.
• Vascular having tubes
• Nonvascular not having tubes

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Vascular Plant Plants that have tubes, roots,
stems, and leaves. These plants stand up tall.
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Why are these trees vascular?
They have tubes, roots, stems, and leaves. They
also stand up tall.
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More Vascular Plants
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Nonvascular Plant

• Plants that do not have tubes, roots, stems, or
  leaves. These plants soak up water and food from
  the soil, like sponges. They are also much
  smaller than vascular plants.

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Why is this an example of a Non-Vascular plant?

• Non-Vascular Plants have no roots, stems, or
  leaves. They also dont have any tubes.

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Vascular or Non-Vascular?
Non-Vascular
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Vascular or Non-Vascular?
Vascular
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Moss on the TreeVascular or Non-Vascular?
Non-Vascular
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Vascular or Non-Vascular?

• Vascular