Vascular plants, also called tracheophytes or collectively Tracheophyta, are plants that have lignified tissues for conducting water and minerals throughout the plant. They also have a specialized non
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Xylem elements in the shoot of a fig tree (Ficus alba), crushed in hydrochloric acid
Non-vascular plants are plants without a vascular system consisting of xylem and phloem. Instead, they may possess simpler tissues that have specialized functions for the internal transport of water.