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.??
Vascular plants are able to transport water from the roots to the leaves using specialized cells called xylem. This allows them to grow taller than nonvascular plants, which rely on diffusion and osmosis to move water from the soil to their cells. Nonvascular plants are limited in height because they cannot move water up the stem, and instead rely on the water in the soil to move up the stem by capillary action. This means that the water must be close to the surface of the stem in order for the plant to absorb it. As a result, nonvascular plants tend to be shorter than vascular plants.
