Shockingly, the longest bridge in the world is 102.4 miles! Curious individuals can find this architectural wonder in China, the Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge. This $8.5 million bridge carries trains between Nanjing and Shanghai.
The ground tissue comprises the bulk of the primary plant body. Parenchyma, collenchyma, and sclerenchyma cells are common in the ground tissue. Vascular tissue transports food, water, hormones and minerals within the plant. Vascular tissue includes xylem, phloem, parenchyma, and cambium cells. Two views of the structure of the root and root meristem.
Vascular tissue is made of xylem tissue which transports water and nutrients from the roots to different parts of the plant and phloem tissue which transports organic compounds from the site of photosynthesis to other parts of the plant.