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Although the term non-tracheophyte is more accurate, bryophytes are commonly called nonvascular plants.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Plants that lack vascular tissue formed of specialized cells for the transport of water and nutrients are referred to as nonvascular plants.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

This fact is used as evidence that nonvascular plants must have preceded the Silurian period.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

In her old public school "we talked about plants," she says, "but never about why there are vascular and nonvascular plants."

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Sidney Tessin, 10, excitedly tells how her class dissected walnuts and discussed the ways vascular and nonvascular plants differ.

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