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| Bryophytes, such as these mosses and liverworts, are small plants that can often be found in moist habitats. |
The simplest and perhaps most primitive of the land plants are the members
of the Division Bryophyta.
These plants, commonly known as mosses and liverworts, lack vascular
tissue (xylem and phloem) and consequently are usually small in
size and restricted to moist habitats. Like all other land plants, the
bryophytes exhibit a life cycle with sporic meiosis and an alternation
of haploid, gamete-producing and diploid, spore-producing generations.
In contrast to the algae, the bryophytes (as well as the other terrestrial
plants) have multicellular sex organs.
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| Bryophytes, such as these mosses and liverworts, are small plants that can often be found in moist habitats. |
To review the morphology and life cycles of mosses and liverworts, click on the links below:
This page last updated: 09 Nov 1999