THE PLANT KINGDOM
PLANTS
| ALGAE | Algae are very simple plants with no stems,
roots or leaves. They grow in very wet or damp
places. Seaweed and pondweed are types of algae. |
| FUNGI | Fungi are unlike other plants as they are not green and cannot
make their own food. Instead they feed off dead or decaying
plants and animals. Many fungi are made up of tiny threads
called hyphae. Mushrooms, mildews and moulds are
all types of fungi. |
| MOSSES | Mosses are slightly more complex plants with very thin
leaves and no proper roots. They reproduce by spores.
They grow close to the ground in wet or damp areas. They are
made up of hundreds of tiny separate plants. |
| FERNS | Ferns are plants which have stems, leaves and roots, but no flowers. They grow in moist shady places, such as woods. At the backs of the leaves are dark spots called spores from which they reproduce. |
| SEED-BEARING PLANTS | Seed-bearing plants have roots, stems and leaves and reproduce by means of seeds. Unlike a spore, a seed is made up of many cells. There are two classes of seed-bearing plants. |
| CONIFERS | Conifers are a class of seed-bearing plants. They have needle-shaped leaves and their seeds are produced in cones. |
| FLOWERING PLANTS | Flowering plants are also seed-bearing plants. They include trees as well as flowers. Their seeds are produced inside a fruit, which develops from a flower. |
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