Nonvascular Plants: Plants lacking lignified vascular tissue (xylem), vascularized leaves, and having a free-living, photosynthetic gametophyte stage that dominates the life cycle. Common examples are the mosses and liverworts.

 

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Vascular Plants: Group of plants having lignified conducting tissue (xylem vessels or tracheids).

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Short-Day Plants: Plants that fiower during early spring or fall when nights are relatively long and days are short; e.g., poinsettia and dandelions.

Long-Day Plants: Plants that fiower in the summer when nights are short and days are long; e.g., spinach and wheat.

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Bryophytes: The nonvascular plants, characterized by life cycles dominated by the gametophyte phase. This group includes the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, which lack lignified conducting tissues.