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Non-Vascular tissues do not have Vascular Tissue, hence the name, which makes it stay "ground hugging". Vascualr tissue allows a plant to transport substances long distances. (Like how a tree can get water all the way up to it's leaves) Since Non-Vascular plants do not have vascualr tissue, they must stay close to their roots, allowing for access to the substances the roots get. Vacular plants send substances across long distances, which allows them to be as long as they want.

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Because they lack the vascular tissue and they can not make water go up their small stems and they are like sponges in that order\

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