How do avascular plants and vascular plants differ?

Although their life cycles are divided between Gametophytic and Sporophytic generations, these two groups of plants are different in many ways. The following are some of the differences between vascular and nonvascular plants. read more

Therefore, diversity of vascular plants is higher than non vascular plants. • Xylem and phloem tissues are present in vascular plants, while those are absent in non vascular plants. • Vascular plants have true stem, leaves and roots. But non vascular plants have stem and leave like structures and rhizoids, instead of true structures. read more

The major difference between bryophytes and vascular plants is the lack of specialized structures to carry water and nutrients in bryophytes. This means that water and nutrients must be dispersed via diffusion to the tissues of bryophytes, which requires them to remain small. read more