Nonflowering Plants

Nonflowering Plants

Plant Kingdom

Flowering Plants

Non-flowering Plants

Non - flowering Plants

• Some plants don’t produce flowers and seeds.

• Non-flowering plants such as ferns and mosses produce spores instead of seeds.

Spores

• Spores are microscopic specks of living material.

• Ferns produce their spores on the undersides of the leaves.

Spores

Examples of Mosses

Characteristics of Mosses

• Mosses are some of the simplest plants with simple stems and leaves.

• Mosses have spores which can be found inside a capsule.

• The spores are dispersed by the wind.

spores

Examples of Mosses

Examples of Ferns

Characteristics of Ferns

• Ferns are plants that reproduce through spores which are found on the underside of leaves.

• Ferns can be found in damp and shady places.

• They have roots, feathery leaves, and underground stems.

Gymnosperms

• Some plants don’t have flowers or spores.

• Gymnosperms are plants that produce seeds in cones.

Examples of Gymnosperms

Characteristics of Gymnosperms

• Gymnosperms reproduce with cones.

• They are tall evergreen trees with roots and a woody stem.

• Gymnosperms have needle-shaped leaves.

• They are usually found in dry places.