Types of Plant Tissues Location Function

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  Apical Meristems
  

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  Lateral Meristems
  
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  Intercalary Meristems
  

Apices of main and lateral shoots and roots.

Stem and root.

Internodes and leaf sheaths of monocots, particularly grasses

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  Initials to another forms of tissue
  
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  Divide to produce new growth
  
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  Gives rise to permanent tissue
  

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  Epidermis
  

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  To separate the inside of the organisms from the outside
  
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  Provide protection against water loss, infection, water loss.
  

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  Xylem
  

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  Phloem
  

Found inside the roots, stem and leaves

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  Designed for transporting water and nutrients
  
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  Made up of different varieties of cell types which works together to produce a continuous interconnected passageway connecting cells of the plant
  

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  Parenchyma
  

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  Sclerenchyma
  

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  Collenchyma
  

Found in all parts of plants

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cortex of stems and in leaves.
under the epidermis, young stems, petioles, and leaf veins.

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  Gives structure and support to the plants that happened when the turgor pressure of these vacuoles is elevated
  

water

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  Provides structural supports in plants
  
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  provides elasticity, tensile strength and mechanical support to the plant body.