The cells in vascular and nonvascular plants are both able to get water, but nonvascular plants have different methods than vascular plants. How do these differences affect the height of the plants? In three to five sentences, explain this and be sure to describe how each type of plant gets water to its cells.
The differences in how vascular and nonvascular plants obtain water affect their height. Vascular plants have specialized tissues called xylem and phloem that transport water from the roots to the rest of the plant. This allows them to grow taller because they can distribute water and nutrients more efficiently throughout their tissues. Nonvascular plants, on the other hand, lack these specialized tissues and rely on direct contact with water to absorb it through their cell walls. As a result, they are typically shorter because they have a limited ability to transport water to their upper parts.
