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What type of plants contain tubes that help transport water and nutrients into their other parts?

Note: Im in 6th grade

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Plants like ferns and conifers have xylem “straws” that are made of slender cells called tracheids. At maturity these cells die, leaving behind a rigid cell wall scaffolding tube to conduct water and minerals.

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