Plant Classification
Essential Knowledge
Many organisms can be divided into groups based on their physical characteristics.
● Plants can be divided into flowering or non-flowering plants
Plants are organisms that are made of many parts and are capable of producing their own food. Many
different types of plants have been identified. Some plants produce flowers while other plants do not
produce flowers.
Flowering plants
● Flowering plants make seeds within their flowers
● Some plants enclose their seeds within fruits that animals like to eat. Once animals eat the fruit, they
distribute the seeds when they defecate.
● Examples are fruit trees (apples, plums), tomatoes, or beans.
Non-flowering plants
● Non-flowering plants are those plants that make seeds within cones or produce spores instead of
seeds.
● Some examples of non-flowering plants can be pines, spruce, or cedar trees that produce cones.
Ferns and mosses produce spores.