The Organization and function of plants  On earth plants are intricate members of our very existence but the also have their organization as well there own functions. Plants aremulticellular photosynthetic eukaryotes that increasingly became adapted tolive on land . Plant organization and functions vary depending on its characteristics, or what the plant is made of most of which depends on the structure andenvironment of the plant pertains to. For instance, flowering plants mostconsist of a root system and shoot system being the leaves and stems. plantsalso have a few complex important parts stems, leaves, roots they alsohave a unique tissue system as well a few diferent type of cell types such asParenchyma See these are typical plant features which havevegetative organs these organs produce growth nutrition , but they do notintervene with the plants reproduction (9.1plants organ and systempg143). Root systems majority of plants are located beneaththe surface the functions of the root systems is to absorb water and mineralsfrom the soil it is used to feed off the entire plant. The root system is madeup of the branch root, root hairs and the primary root. The two mainpurposes of roots are to stabilize the plant in the soil, while at the sametime absorbing water and nutrients and dispersing them to the rest of theplant. Plants can also act as storage sites for food reserves. Water does notcome to roots nearly as much as roots must come to water. Roots constantly haveto grow to adapt to new water supplies. This constant need for water helps withthe process of photosynthesis. Each plant has its own root system. Plants havethree types of root systems,Taproot with a main taproot that is larger andgrows faster than the branch roots the Fibrous, with all roots about the andthe Adventitous, roots that form on any plant part other than the roots.Fibrous systems are characteristic of grasses and are shallower than thetaproot systems found on most eudicots and many gymnosperms. the rest of theroot system that remains is spread beneath the soil. the depth and distinctionof the roots all depends on the type of plant it is along with the timing andamount of rainfall and soil composition (p 143 chap 9) for example plantsgrowing on dry land such as a desert , tend to move deeper roots than those ongrasslands roots also modify for food storage and also used to store water . aswell as producing hormones that stimulate the growth of stems and producetheir size along with the size of the plant itself. plants have a vary of differentfunctions and important complex parts a stemis the main axis of a plant; theincrease of girth strengthens the stem giving support to the growth ofthe leaves on the stem a node occurs which is the region between the nodes (p144 chap 9)to support the leaves ,the stem produces vascular tissue whichtransports water and minerals throughout the stem to reach the leaves . Thesize, shape , form, color ,and textures vary when it comes to leaves the shapeof a leaf influences the functions it has for instance, that a broad leaves helpsfor the absorption of carbon dioxide and collects energy needed forphotosynthesis the majority of leaves require h2o co2 and sunlight tosurvive. The cells of these leaves are living and the vast majority of leavescontains tissue specialized to proceed with photosynthesis leaves, stems andbranches is the structure of what a shoot system is made of.