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Do plants have the same levels of organization that animals do? Do plants have organs and organ systems too?

Plants are organisms, and they follow the same organizational scheme and have tissues, organs, and an organ system.

Interactive exercise. Assistance may be required. Watch the following animation to learn more about the levels of organization in plants. This animation will begin with the most complex level of organization and work backward towards the cell.

Sources for images used in this section, as they appear, top to bottom:

Adapted from Plant and Animal cell, WH Freeman
Leaf Tissue, Digital Frog
Leaf, Wikimedia Commons
Plant, Ecoagra.com
Plant Structures, First Learn
Plant Tissue, DocStoc