What type of "root" did the first vascular land plants have, and what type of environments did they live in?


Seedless vascular plants did not have true roots, they had rhizomes, which were the underground part of the stem. The rhizome transferred water from the soil to the plant and anchored the plant to the ground. They lived in low, wet, marshy, freshwater environments.

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