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The phloem transports synthesized organic food from the leaves to other parts of the plant.

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Phloem is the plant tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; it consists primarily of sieve tubes.

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it carries organic nutrients (known as photosynthate), particularly sucrose, a sugar, to all parts of the plant where needed. In trees, the phloem is the innermost layer of the bark

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Which is vascular tissue in plants?

Phloem


Is vascular tissue found in the skin?

Vascular tissue is not found in the skin. The vascular tissue is usually found in plants and has xylem and phloem as its primary components.


Do Vascular plants have phloem?

Phloem as well as xylem


What is the function of a vascular bundle?

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No. Xylem and phloem are belonging to vascular plants only. Bryophytae are not vascular, and do not have these.


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The primary growth in vascular plants takes place with the differentiation of vascular tissue from parenchymatous cells and the secondary growth takes place when the intra-vascular and inter vascular cambium adds to the secondary phloem and secondary xylem.


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Phloem


Are xylem phloem and cambium tissues found in non-vascular plants?

No, xylem and phloem are vascular tissues, characteristic of vascular plants and hence, are not found in vascular plants. To conduct water and food, non-vascular plants have other specialized tissues.


What plant has a xylem and a phloem?

Vascular plants!


What are a plants Vascular tissues?

Xylem and Phloem. Read up on the difference between vascular and non-vascular plants.


What is the main difference between vascular and nonvasscular plants?

Presence of xylem & phloem in vascular plants and absence of these vascular tissues in non-vascular plants.


Do vascular plants have xylem and phloem?

Yes, but some plants lack certain types of xylem and phloem cells such as vessel elements and tracheids. Tracheids have been lost in Wolffia, an aquatic plant, and vessels are not present in all conifers.