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Ancient non-seed vascular plants flourished compared to how they live now. This is because the earth's climate was much more humid and was warmer. Over time, it became what it is now Cooler and Drier. Now these types of plants can only live in the moister parts of the earth.

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Why are nonvascular plants limited to moist environments?

They have no true roots, stems, or leaves, shorter because vascular tissue can transport things higher. Nonvascular plants can't transport the mineral and substances needed to survive into a tall plant. Your welcome :)


What is brayophyta?

its a plant division......they are gametophyte dominant...have a waxy cuticle,vascular tissue, and spores =]


Why can most vascular plants grow much taller then nonvascular plants?

Non vascular plants have no internal "circulatory system" or any means of moving liquid and nutrients around their body. Therefore they need to grow low to the ground and in a moist environment in order to get their nutrients through osmosis through the ground. Vascular plants are able to get their nutrients delivered through the body through veins, allowing them to grow taller.


Describe two characteristics that nonvascular plants share?

Non vascular plants are plants that have no vascular system, thus no way of retaining water or delivering water to other parts of the plant. In order for non vascular plants to thrive, they must live where there is moisture rich air, swamps, bogs and in the shade of large trees. Ferns and mosses are some of the most popular non vascular plants.


Is a bromeliad vascular or nonvascular?

I believe they are vascular. Nonvascular plants need to live in a moist environment, because they don't have a sophisticated enough structure to move water efficiently to the different plant parts. Bromeliads often live in tree branches, and must get much of their water from the humidity in the air.

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How can you identify a lycophte?

-Vascular Plants ; Moist Habitats -Large part of vegetation in the Paleozoic forest


Why can seeds live in more habitats than seedless plants?

seed plants do not depend on moist habitats for reproduction way seedless plants do.


What is the name of the phylum of plants that have no vascular system?

Non vascular plants consist of mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. They are normally found in moist places with a lot of rainfall.


Why are nonvascular plants limited to moist environments?

They have no true roots, stems, or leaves, shorter because vascular tissue can transport things higher. Nonvascular plants can't transport the mineral and substances needed to survive into a tall plant. Your welcome :)


Where are non vascular plants located?

Inside water bodies and moist shady places


What are characteristics of non vascular plants?

Live in a moist environment and they have underground hyphae sex


What are some examples of a vascular plant?

Vascular plants have tissue analogous to veins and arteries for transporting water (pulled up from the roots) and sugar (manufactured in the leaves through photosynthesis) to where it's needed. Examples include ferns, seed plants (cycads, conifers like pine trees) and all flowering plants. Non-vascular plants have to rely on diffusion for transport so are generally low-growing and restricted to moist habitats: mosses, lichens, liverworts, etc.


Where are vascular plants found?

In aquatic environments (oceans, lakes, rivers), algae are dominant over vascular plants; but vascular plants do exist in those places. There are also places on land where nonvascular plants -- mosses, liverworts, and hornworts -- are dominant over vascular plants: they tend to be very, very moist and/or lack enough soil for anything larger to get a foothold.


Where would a Non-vascular plants would most likely be found growing?

in botany..where the soil is moist..


Is a rose a non vascular plant?

A rose is very much a vascular plant because it has structures such as roots, stems, leaves, and vessels to carry water and nutrients which non-vascular plants do not have. Non-vascular plants have no means of storing nutrients like flowers do and they would die quickly if they aren't in a moist environment. Vascular plants include trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses. Non-vascular plants include mosses and algae.


Why do vascular tissue decreases a plants dependency on a continually moist environment?

water can be absorbed by the roots and transferred throughout the plant


What is brayophyta?

its a plant division......they are gametophyte dominant...have a waxy cuticle,vascular tissue, and spores =]