Bryophytes

•Primitive plants

•Reproduce by spores

•Alternation of generations

•Most have stems and leaves

•Lack vascular tissue

•Lack root system

rock, wood and soil

• turf
• cushion- stems packed together conserve H20
• mat- grows on rotting logs
• weft- starts growing straight then curving
• fan- grows on tree trunks, (tropical region)
• dendroids- look like trees

means upright growth

means relaxed growth

thread-like chain of cells that forms the earliest stage of a bryophyte life cycle

structure in plants, fungi and some other organisms that functions like a root in support or absorption

• cell shapes
• alar cells
• costa
• margin
• awn

sexual and asexual stages

gemmae

brood bodies

fragmentation

broom moss

common fern moss

common haircap moss

common liverwort

cord moss

flat forked moss

peat moss

plume moss

purple fringed riccia

rock orchard moss

silvery pincushion moss

silvery thread moss

tetraphis

toothed mnium

tree moss