So a moss is a bryophyte, a liverwort is a bryophyte and a hornwort is a bryophyte. These are all plants, scientifically classified within the Plant Kingdom. They are spore-producing, rather than seed-producing, plants and they are all without flowers. Do bryophytes mosses have flowers? Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts Additionally,Read More →
The club mosses, or phylum Lycopodiophyta, are the earliest group of seedless vascular plants. They dominated the landscape of the Carboniferous, growing into tall trees and forming large swamp forests. Are club mosses mosses? The common name “clubmoss” is based on the premise that at first glance these plants resembleRead More →
During the Devonic period, the first plants with roots appeared on land, the ferns belonging to Pteridophyta, Filicales groups, still exist today. They are widely distributed, particularly in tropical environments, and many of them have roots colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AM) (Brundrett 2002). Where are mycorrhizae found? Mycorrhizas areRead More →