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Any of numerous plants, including the seed plants and the ferns, having well-developed vascular tissues consisting of phloem to transport sucrose and other organic nutrients and xylem to transport water and minerals. Also called tracheophyte.

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vascular plant - green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms

tracheophyte

plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

vascular system - the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant

nonflowering plant, pteridophyte - plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores

phanerogam, seed plant, spermatophyte - plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores

herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

halophyte - plant growing naturally in very salty soil

succulent - a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs

cultivar - a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation

cultivated plant - plants that are grown for their produce

weed - any plant that crowds out cultivated plants

duct - a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls

vascular tissue - tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants

evergreen, evergreen plant - a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year

deciduous plant - a plant having foliage that is shed annually at the end of the growing season

vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

creeper - any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping

ligneous plant, woody plant - a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems

geophyte - a perennial plant that propagates by underground bulbs or tubers or corms

desert plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant - plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte

mesophyte, mesophytic plant - land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyte

aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant - a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth

tuberous plant - plant growing from a tuber

bulbous plant - plant growing from a bulb

cormous plant - plant growing from a corm

psilophyte - any plant of the order Psilophytales: a savannah plant

psilophyton - any plant or fossil of the genus Psilophyton

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At least 16 vascular plant species are narrowly endemic to southwestern Idaho and adjacent Malheur Co.

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Andrew McElrone, a plant physiologist in the Crops Pathology and Genetics Research Unit in Davis, California, has adapted computed tomography (CT) scan technology to vastly improve on the tools available for studying how water and pathogens move through vascular plant tissue called "xylem." The work has opened a window into how grapevines respond to drought stress and is shedding light on vascular networks in a number of other crops.

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Compiled mostly by museum palaeontologists, this is a ready reference for iconic fossil sites such as the Precambrian Ediacaran early biota locations of the Flinders Ranges, South Australia, the Silurian Baragwanathia (vascular plant) location from near Yea, Victoria, and the Miocene mammal sites of the Riversleigh area, Queensland.