Ellie, Kayleigh &

Roman

Vascular tissue

WHAT IS VASCULAR TISSUE?

The vascular tissue system is one of three tissue systems that make up a plant.

Vascular tissue is surrounded by ground tissue.

vascular tissue transports water, mineral nutrients and organic compounds to all parts of a plant.

The vascular system is made up of two networks of hollow tubes a bit like our veins.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF VASCULAR TISSUES

These are the two different types of vascular tissues

1. The xylem is one type of vascular tissue and it is

responsible for the upward transport of nutrients and

water.

2. The phloem is another type of vascular tissue and its

responsible transport of dissolved food in all directions of

the plant.

THE PROPERTIES OF VASCULAR TISSUE

Vascular tissue in plants have specialized

tissues (xylem & phloem) that transport

different substances such as water and

nutrients through out the plant.

FACTS About 93% of plant species are vascular

plants.

Non-vascular plants such as mosses don’t have vascular tissue to transport substances around the plant.

The vascular tissue is arranged in bundles and is easy to see in a cross-section of a stem

QUESTIONS 1. What are the two types of vascular tissue? Answer: Xylem and Phloem.

2. What is the Vascular tissue surrounded by? Answer: The ground tissue.

3. The vascular tissue is arranged in strands TRUE/FALSE? Answer: FALSE - The vascular tissues are arranged in bundles.

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