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Plant anatomy
Plant anatomy includes both the structure of individual plant cells as well as the basic functional structures that make up the plant itself. Take a look at the components of a basic plant cell and find out about how it works. This page is devoted to the parts of the larger plant itself.
Vascular Plants Vascular, from the Latin, vasculum, refers to blood vessels. Vessels, are a transport system by which nutrients, water, waste and other materials can be moved throughout the body. Plants, of course, don't have blood vessels, but some do have a transport system that serve the same function. These plants include, angiosperms (flowering plants), ferns, conifers, and some mosses. Vascular tissue in plants is comprised of xylem and phloem The Leaf As the food producers of vascular plants, leaves are organs specially designed to maximize exposure to the sun. They are flat and thin, and the presence of chlorophyll (necessary to the photosynthetic process) usually gives leaves their green colour.
Non-Vascular Plants
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