Vascular plants differ from nonvascular plants in that the former has developed a specialized vascular system, which consists of the xylem and the phloem, spaces through which the materials the plants use flow. In contrast, nonvascular plants have other strategies to move the water from the soil, such as their capturing directly with structures known as rhizoids and their leaflike structures. Vascular plants also form woody bodies, while nonvascular plants are tiny epiphytic plants.