What is a plant that grows on a tree called?
Epiphytes can grow on the trunks of trees or sometimes in the canopy of a tree. Remember that areas under or very near trees and shrubs are highly competitive spaces where the roots of the trees are stealing all the water and fertilizer from the herbaceous plants below.
What are the two major flowering plants?
Angiosperms and gymnosperms are the two major groups of vascular seed plants. Angiosperms, which are flowering plants, are the largest and most diverse group within the kingdom plantae. With around 300,000 species, they represent approximately 80 percent of all the known green plants now living. Angiosperms are the largest group of green plants and they are further broken down into two types of flowers: monocots and dicots. Monocots and dicots are two main groups of flowering plants that have distinct differences in their characteristics.