Type of movement in plants

There are three different types of movements in plants

 Nastic movement
 Tactic movements
 Tropic movement
Nastic movements: 
The movement of a plant in response to an external stimulus in which the direction of
response is not determined by the direction of stimulus is called nastic movement.
Examples:
1. Daisy flowers close at dusk and open at daybreak.
2. Mimosa pudica or the touch-me-not plant has tiny leaflets which fold up in response
to mechanical stimuli such as touch, drops of rain or even a gust of wind.
TACTIC MOVEMENTS

Tactic movements are movements of locomotion, which are induced by some

unidirectional external stimuli.
Tropic movements: 
The movement of plant organs towards or away from a stimulus is known as tropism or
tropic movement. The stimulus can be some agent or action which evokes a
movement in the plant.

Tropic movements can be of the following types:

1. Phototropism:

The movement of plant parts towards or away from light is termed as phototropism.
Example: Roots grow away from the light.
2. Geotropism:

The movement of plant organs in response to gravity is termed as geotropism.

Example: The shoot grows upwards against gravity.
Hydrotropism:

The movement of plant organs in response to water is termed hydrotropism. Example:

Roots grow towards the source of moisture.