Xylem and phloem tissues?

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Xylem and phloem tissues?

Why might ferns have a separate xylem and phloem tissue? Why not transport water, sugar, and other nutrients together, as animals and fungi do?

2007-03-24 11:32:19 · 1 answers · asked by thekorean2000 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany

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These Things are being transported in different directions and the plant doesn't have any mechanical pumps like the heart to move things about. It can only use osmotic potentials, gravity, etc.

2007-03-24 16:23:17 · answer #1 · answered by pathc22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋