BRYOPHYTES

Scientific name: Bryophyta.

Examples: mosses, liverworts, hornworts.

Fan facts: mosses have existed for over 400 million years.

Description:

• Bryophytes must live in very moist conditions, because they don't havevascular tissues, forcing them to transfer water or nutrients from cell to cell.
• They have root like structures called rhizoids that hold the plant in place and help absorb water.
• Bryophytes spend most of their life as gametophytes.
• The sporophytes of a bryophyte are small pods that produce spores.