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diffrence between gymnosperm and angiosperm
Angiosperms, vs. Gymnosperms:
1.Flowers, seed in ovary, producing fruit.
 Gymnosperms: cones, naked seed
2.Many insect pollinated.
 Gymnosperms: usually wind pollinated
3.Evergreen or deciduous
 Gymnosperms: mostly evergreen
4.Non-resinous
Gymnosperms: resinous
5.Occur in a wide variety of habitats, and as annuals, biennials, ephemerals and perennials.
Gymnosperms: many in dry habitats, and mostly woody perennials.
6.Improved transport tissues in angiosperms (e.g. xylem with vessel elements in angiosperms.
Gymnosperms: simplified xylem tracheids in gymnosperms.)
7.Angiosperms have ‘double fertilization’,
 while gymnosperms do not.


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