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Australia’s forests and forestry glossary

Vascular plant

A plant with conducting tissue (comprising xylem and phloem) that transports water, mineral salts and sugars. Includes clubmosses, horsetails, ferns, gymnosperms (including conifers) and angiosperms (flowering plants).

See Angiosperm, Gymnosperm, Non-vascular plant, Phloem, Xylem.

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