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Thick green bryophyte moss covers the trunks of three oak trees in a forest, with fallen leaves on the ground. Diagram showing the life cycle of moss, including spore release from capsules, germination into protonema, development into leafy gametophytes, fertilization of eggs by sperm, zygote formation, and growth of new sporophytes. Green, flat thalloid liverwort Marchantia with several round gemma cups visible on its surface, growing on moist soil. Close-up of the green, textured thallus of a liverwort plant with visible gametophytes, showing lobed, leaf-like structures typical of bryophytes. water moss Liverwort archegonia Young sporophytes of tortula moss (Tortula muralis) with slender red stalks and small capsules rise above dense green leafy gametophytes. Hornwort broom moss
Compare and contrast liverworts and mosses in their reproduction, water absorption, and energy generation
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Compare and contrast liverworts and mosses in their reproduction, water absorption, and energy generation
Bryophytes, such as mosses and liverworts, are the most primitive plants.
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Why plant diversity is so important
Plants have evolved into many diverse forms that define and sustain ecosystems.
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bryophyte moss
Bryophyte moss growing on oak trees.
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Moss life cycle
Life cycle of moss.
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Liverwort thalloid
Thalloid of the liverwort Marchantia with gemma cups.
© Dr. Morley Read/Shutterstock.com
gametophyte
A liverwort gametophyte.
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water moss
Water moss (Fontinalis).
Kurt Stueber/www.BioLib.de
Liverwort archegonia
Egg-producing archegonia of a common liverwort plant (Marchantia polymorpha).
© adrian sumner/Fotolia
Sporophyte
Young sporophyte of tortula moss (Tortula muralis).
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Hornwort
Hornwort (Dendroceros).
J. Ziffer/1978
broom moss
Broom moss (Dicranum scoparium).
Michael Becker
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