Examples of flora

Flowering plants

• Flowering plants are the plants that bear flowers and the most abundant green plants found on earth.
• These are found in all environments throughout the world, ranging from mountains to deep-sea surfaces to deserts.
• These are also termed angiosperms that bear flowers and seeds and exist as trees, shrubs, and herbs.
• These plants have specialized vascular tissues, xylem, and phloem that help transport water, mineral, and food to a different part of the plant.
• The flowering plants are found in the flora of all types of ecosystems but are mostly native to different areas.
• The flowering plants present in terrestrial flora includes rose, mustard, apples, tomatoes, cauliflowers, etc. while the plants in aquatic flora include water lily, hyacinth, lotus, water iris, etc.

Non-flowering plants

• Non-flowering plants are the plants that do not bear flowers and have naked seeds. These plants are also called gymnosperms.
• The seeds in gymnosperms are mostly observed in the form of cones.
• These plants have specialized vascular tissues, xylem, and phloem that help transport water, mineral, and food to a different part of the plant.
• The seeds of the plant are not covered with fruit, and they do not form fruits. Instead, the seeds remain exposed as cones.
• Non-flowering plants, like flowering plants, are found in almost all ecosystems.
• The non-flowering plants present in terrestrial flora includes pines, cycads, aloe, cactus, etc. while plants in aquatic flora include fern, mosses, hornworts, etc.