The smallest flowering plant in the world is the floating duckweed of Wolffia arrhiza.

These properties are reflected in the structure of a typical land plant (vascular plant) which is organized into 2 basic systems, shoot and root.

This small rounded shrub of the ericaceous plant family is the most common vascular plant found in Canadian bogs.

Above ground, vascular plants protect themselves and retain their water supply with a waxy, waterproof covering called cuticle.

This recovery strategy has been developed to provide guidance for the recovery of Canadian populations of Macoun’s meadow-foam (Limnanthes macounii), a vascular plant at risk.