Gymnosperms and Angiosperms: Introduction

Everyday we use products or eat foods derived from vascular seed plants. In this series of videos the wide variety of non-flowering seed plants, gymnosperms, are described and characterized through vivid footage gathered from around the globe. Beautiful videography illustrates the colorful flowering plants, angiosperms. Special attention is paid to the diversity and characteristics of these amazingly successful groups of plants. Concepts and terminology includes: Pinophyta, Cycadophyta, Gnetophyta, Ginkgophyta, cones, dicots, monocots, cotyledon, flower, and pollination.