Flowering and

non-flowering plants
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 Flowering plants
• Some have fruits that are edible.
Examples : Mango, apple, papaya
• Some have fruits that are not edible.
Examples : Angsana, rain tree, pong pong
• All reproduce from seeds
 Non-Flowering plants
• Non-flowering plants do not have flowers
or fruits.
Examples : Mosses, ferns
• Mosses and ferns reproduce from
spores.
• They are green and can make
their own food.
 Mosses
• Small and green – makes
its own food.
• Reproduce by spores
• Non-flowering – no
flowers or fruits
• Can make own food
• Live in damp shady
places
 Ferns
• Non-flowering – no
flowers or fruits
• Reproduce by spores
• Large and green – makes
its own food.
• Does not like too much
sunlight
Guess which is Staghorn,
mosquito and birds nest
fern?
 Uses of Trees
• Beautify the
surroundings
• Provide shade
• Freshen the air with
oxygen