structure for anchorage and for
absorption of water and nutrients.
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CONDUCTING VESSELS
•How did plants invade and flourish
on land?
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A STIFFENING SUBSTANCE
• called lignin to impregnate the
vessels and support the plant body.
to slow the loss of water through
evaporation.
A WAXY CUTICLE
STOMATA
that can open, allowing gas exchange,
and that can also close, preventing
water loss.
that transport water and nutrients
throughout the plant