what is a native vascular plant
Vascular plants (from Latin vasculum: duct), also known as tracheophytes (from the equivalent Greek term trachea) and also higher plants, form a large group of plants that are defined as those land plants that have lignified tissues (the xylem) for conducting water and minerals throughout the plant. In vascular plants, the principal generation phase is the sporophyte, which is usually diploid with two sets of chromosomes per cell. 2  Only the germ cells and gametophytes are haploid.