Phylum Tracheophyta

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Tracheophytes are known as vascular plants due to the fact that they have vascular tissues (xylemXylem is a plant vascular tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the stems and leaves and also provides physical support. Xylem is one of the two... More and phloemPhloem is a plant vascular tissue that conducts foods made in the leaves during photosynthesis, downwards to all other parts of the plant. More) for transporting nutrients and water.

This is the largest group of plants and the division includes the subdivisions Pteridophytina