Algae

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Algae is a generic term that groups non-flowering plants that use simple inorganic materials and lack true stems, roots, leaves, and vascular tissue. They are typically aquatic and include seaweeds as well as single-celled organisms.

Bacteria in the Cyanobacteria phylum, such as spirulina, is often though of as algae, but they are not.