Plant Vascular Tissues

Ms. BushPlants and Photosynthesis Unit

There are two main types of Vascular Tissue

• Xylem- ___________________________– Tracheids– Vessel Elements

• Phloem-___________________________– Sieve tube elements– Companion Cells

Xylem up, Phloem down!

How does water travel up the stems?

Capillary Action -_____________________________________________________________

Transpiration-_________ ____________________________

Xylem and Phloem

http://www.deanza.edu/faculty/mccauley/6a-labs-plants-02.htm

Tracheids, Vessel Elements, Sieve-tube Elements, Companion Cells

http://elshiyeen.blogspot.com/2010/05/companion-cells-sieve-tube-elements.html

Sieve Tube Plates

http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/mauseth/weblab/webchap8phloem/8.2-4a.htm

Can you identify them in a real sample?

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/micropolitan/botany/frame8.html

Three Other Types of Plant Cells

• Parenchyma-___________________________ ___________________________________• Collenchyma- _______________________ ___________________________________• Sclerenchyma- _______________________ ______________________________________