We’re talking bryophytes and seedless vascular plants, the categories that include mosses and ferns, liverworts, and more. So let’s get low— to the ground, that is.

Instead, moss absorbs the water and nutrients it needs directly from the air. Moss and similar plants like liverworts and hornworts collectively are known as bryophytes.

Bryophytes, Liverworts, and Algae Our Collection Our bryophyte collection contains moss and liverwort specimens (56,000 accessioned with about 100,000 currently being cataloged) collected world-wide.

Bryophytes reproduce by spores rather than seeds, as no true moss flowers or fruits, but produce what is called a sporophyte – a spore-filled capsule on the end of a stalk. Water once again ...

If you have an area in your yard or garden that doesn't favor moss' preferred conditions and want to crowd out weeds, consider this moss-like ground cover.

Moss is a member of the non-flowering plant group called bryophytes that reproduces by spore production. Often overlooked, moss possesses undeniable beauty. Its lush, velvety carpet can transform ...

Anecdotal evidence, however, suggested that bryophytes, a group of non-vascular plants, are tolerant to glyphosate—though this tolerance had not been confirmed experimentally, and the potential ...

Bryophytes often act as primary colonisers and initiate succession in terrestrial ecosystems. Their extraordinary potential of water retention is more effective than that of trees and means that the ...

Home Nature Britain has 763 different types of moss — and they're varied, distinctive and strikingly beautiful As special as orchids, as beautiful as bluebells and as important as oaks, our ...

Conservation staff are celebrating the success of a trial at Stanner Rocks, Powys after grazing goats notably improved the ...