1. Angiosperms are a type of vascular plant that bear both flowers and fruits

2. A pteridophyte is a vascular plant (with xylem and phloem) that disperses spores.

3. Robert Freckmann, Professor Emeritus of Biology, who taught vascular plant taxonomy and Agrostology at UW-Stevens Point for 32 years

4. Their other common characteristics include vascular plant apomorphies (e.g., vascular tissue) and land plant plesiomorphies (e.g., spore dispersal and the absence of seeds).