Nonvasculars

Question 1

What phylum’s make up nonvascular plants?

Answer 1

Anthocerophyta, Marchantiophyta, and Bryophyta.

Question 2

What is a nonvascular plant?

Answer 2

a nonvascular plant is a plant that lacks a vascular system meaning it has no xylem and no phloem.

Question 3

Nonvascular plants are typically smaller in size. Why is this?

Answer 3

Nonvascular plants cannot do long distance nutrient transport which is why they are typically smaller in size.

Question 4

What is the maximum height of nonvascular plants?

Answer 4

Maximum height is a foot and that is at the very highest.

Question 5

Since they cannot do long distance nutrient transport, how do they absorb their nutrients?

Answer 5

They absorb nutrients with their whole body instead of just their roots.

This is done through the leaves and stems.

Question 6

Why do moss, liverworts, and hornworts have the ability to live on surfaces that are not soil?

Answer 6

Because they can absorb nutrients through their bodies instead of just their roots.