Moss is the tiny superstar of the plant world ... Along with their cousins liverworts and hornworts, they are known as bryophytes. Tracing their origins back 450 million years, these plants ...

The mosses grow in dense green clumps or mats in damp or shady locations of which liverworts, lichens and hornworts are members. Moss leaves are generally one cell thick and not a sophisticated ...

Moss is so adversity-tolerant that it can be hard to determine ... Whenever they’re out mossing, Kleinman and Blisard are searching for a hornwort — a bryophyte that grows narrow, hornlike ...

“They’re not that hard to tell apart,” he said, “so why not get to know them? All you need is a hand lens and Ralph Pope’s Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts.” If you want to make your own natural ...

Among the first pioneers were the ancestors of humble hornworts, a group of small, unassuming plants that have persisted to this day. New research reveals insights into the genetic blueprints of ...

Scientists have now pinpointed the curious origins of this gene and determined that it was transferred to ferns from a group of unassuming, mossy plants called hornworts. During the age of the ...

Moss and similar plants like liverworts and hornworts collectively are known as bryophytes. They reproduce by spores instead of seeds. Bryophytes play a very important role in the environment ...

Over 450 million years ago, plants began the epic transition from water to dry land. Among the first pioneers were the ancestors of humble hornworts, a group of small, unassuming plants that have ...