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OpenStudy (anonymous):

which of the following features differentiates bryophytes from the vascular plants

OpenStudy (zale101):

Vascular plants contain Xylem and Phloem while Bryophytes contains tracheids for water transportation and other organic compounds of the plant.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I thought Vascular plants are known to have arisen from the non-vascular plants.

OpenStudy (zale101):

yeah, but non-vascular plants are plants without a vascular system (xylem and phloem)

OpenStudy (zale101):

bryophytes are nonvascular plants too

OpenStudy (zale101):

Vascular plants -seedless vascular plants -gymnosperms -angiosperms. Bryophytes -liverworts -hornworts -mosses In other words, brophytes are land plants and they need air for support

OpenStudy (zale101):

Vascular plants have vascular tissues transported sugars, nutrients, and water far more efficiently than the conducting cells of mosses

OpenStudy (zale101):

and all vascular plants they do not possess stomata

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