Bryophytes are the simplest plants; they have no stems, roots, or leaves because they don't have vascular tissues. Mosses and liverworts are the two major groups.

A Few Botanical Details for the Non-Botanist on how to tell the difference between a Moss and a Liverwort.
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Bryophytes Biology Encyclopedia Bryophytes are seedless plants without specialized water-conducting tissues. Bryophytes include mosses (phylum Bryophyta), liverworts (phylum Marchantiophyta Hepa
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Bryophytes Review Biology Questions and Answers Mosses, liverworts and hornworts are bryophytes. This brief Q&A review will tell you the most important facts about them.
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Diversity of Plants: Major Groups - Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts (Bryophytes)
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Gametophyte
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gametophyte - Infoplease.com
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Hornwort structures.jpg
Hornwort structures.jpg Author: Lady of Hats Wikipedia.org The image shows the main parts of a hornwort, a plant taxa related to mosses.
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Liverworts
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Liverworts
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Liverworts from the Southeastern United States
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Living with Mosses
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Moss and All Bryophytes
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Moss Reproduction
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Mosses
Mosses Monroe County Women's Disability Network A simple easy-to-understand explanation of what moss is. When you're through reading it, check out the interactive quiz.
Mosses and Liverworts
Mosses and Liverworts Scottish Natural Heritage Introduction When Scotland emerged from its mantle of ice, it had been scoured bare, leaving rounded hills, jagged mountains, deep valleys, undula
Mosses and Liverworts on Flickr
Mosses and Liverworts on Flickr Portraits of species classified in the taxon Bryophyta. The bryophytes include the mosses, liverworts and hornworts. Unfortunately there are no examples of the lat
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Mosses and liverworts, simple plants? by Jan Parmentier Micscape Magazine Mosses (Bryophyta) are quite interesting, simple green land plants with leaves and a stem and always without roots. In
Mosses to Ferns - Nonvascular Plants
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Mosses to Know in the Field Paul G. Davison, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology Department of Biology The University of North Alabama Mosses and Liverworts to Know in the Field The listing
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Seedless Plants - Factmonster.com
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The Sex Lives of Nonvascular Plants: Alternation of Generations - Crash Course Biology #36
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What is a bryophyte?
What is a bryophyte? Australian National Botanic Gardens This page has a combination of text, photographs, and images mosses and other bryophytes, their reproduction, ecology, and how they diffe
What Is Moss?
What is Moss?, Dr. Karen Carr, Associate Professor of History, Portland State University, Wonderful page on moss. Includes many hyper-texted words that take you to more information if you click