Plant Growth
Vascular Plants
Definition:
Vascular Plants are plants have special tissues or tubes to transport energy, minerals and water to parts of the body.
They have 2 types of tissues, or tubes: Xylem and Phloem
a) Xylem
Function: These tubes carries water and minerals from the roots to the plants.
They only travel upwards
b) Phloem
Function: These tubes carries sucrose in form of sugar from the leaves to all parts of the plants.
They carry sucrose, which is sugar made from glucose and fructose
# Sucrose can also be found in sugar cane
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