vascular plant
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vascular plant (plural vascular plants)
(botany) Any plant possessing vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants.
Synonym: tracheophyte
Antonyms: non-vascular plant, thallus
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As birds began nesting on the island, soil conditions improved, and more vascular plant species were able to survive.
Flora No other National Park surpasses North Cascades National Park's over 1,630 vascular plant species recorded.
Protoxylem and metaxylem As a young vascular plant grows, one or more strands of primary xylem form in its stems and roots.
Some 96 species of aquatic and bankside vascular plant species have been recorded on Southlake Moor, including the greater water-parsnip (Sium latifolium).