How plants are classified

Examples of herbacous vascualr plants

Dandelions, tomatoes, tulips

Monocot

1 cotyledon (food storage area) Leaves have parallel viens 3 petals or multiples of 3 petals Scattered vascular tissue

Dicot

2 cotyledon (food storage areas) Leaves have branching viens 4-5 petals or multiples of 4-5 petals Organized vascular bundles

Nonvascular Plant

A plant that does not have vascular tissue.

Flowering Plant

Angiosperm

Seed

Beginning of a plant and stores food for the new plant. In Flowers or Cones

Cone Bearing Palnt

Gymnosperm

Vascular Plant

Has vascualr structure, tubes - xylem and phloem

Examples of a woody vascular plants

Magnolia tree, Pine tree, roses

2 ways Angiosperms can be classified

Monocots and Dicots

Moss

Nonvascular plant

Fern

Seedless vascular plant

Spore

Smaller than seeds - begining of a new seedless plant

4 Ways Plants are Classified

Vascular or Nonvascular Seed or Spore Flowering or Cone Bearing Monocot or Dicot

Example of a vascular seed plant

Woody -Trees, shrubs - tall plants Herbacous - grasses, vegetables

Vascular tissue

Xylem and Phloem - tubes through which food and water move