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Please see the plant page for a discussion of the different classification methods.

The correlation between various methods of classifying plants.
PhylumTissue Structure"Seed" StructureStature
Bryophyta
(mosses)
Non-vascular
(Bryophytes)
Spore ProducersMoss-like
Psilophyta
whisk ferns
Vascular Plants
(Tracheophytes)
Fern- and Tree-like
Lycopodophyta
(club ferns)
Sphenophyta
(horsetails)
Filicinophyta
(ferns)
Cycadophyta
(cycads)
Naked seeds
(Gymnosperms)
Ginkophyta
(Ginkoes)
Tree-like
Coniferophyta
(conifers)
Tree- and shrub-like
Gnetophyta
(??)
Angiospermophyta
(flowering plants)
Dicotyledons
(two seed-leaves)
Monocotyledons
(single seed-leaf)
Covered seeds
(Angiosperms)
Tree-, shrub-, vine-, and herb-like

Note that some of the stature classifications are rather arbitrary. For example, a horsetail probably looks more like a herbacious plant than a fern and cycads may look more like small palms than ferns. Some tropical ferns can be quite tall, resembling trees.