What Do These Creepy Plant Mouths Do? (Plant Tissues): Crash Course Botany #4

Plants—they’re just like us! Well, not exactly, but they do have skin and hair like us…even if they also have creepy little alien mouths. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’re getting up close and personal with plants’ anatomy by diving right into plant tissue under a microscope. Let’s learn what plants are really made of. Chapters: Dr. Katherine Esau 00:00 Plant Tissues 1:29 Dermal Tissue 2:09 Vascular Tissue 3:59 Ground Tissue 5:50 Under the Microscope 7:44 Review & Credits 11:10 Sources: *** Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at Thanks to the following patrons for their generous monthly contributions that help keep Crash Course free for everyone forever: Tawny Whaley, Sean Saunders, Katie, Tori Thomas, DL Singfield, Ken Davidian, Stephen Akuffo, Toni Miles, Steve Segre