In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we dive into the first few branches of plants’ phylogenetic tree—bryophytes and seedless vascular plants, like mosses and ferns. These plants are the ...

“Moderation is not his middle name.” Mossing, officially known as bryology, is the study of bryophytes — mosses, liverworts and hornworts. Bryophytes, which reproduce through spores and lack a ...

(gentle music) - [Miles Berkey] Mosses are among a group of plants called Bryophyta. A Bryophyte is a plant that does not have the ability to transport water through its tissues. Therefore ...

That’s because mosses, or bryophytes, aren’t like typical plants. They don’t have true roots or a vascular system for moving food and water. They photosynthesize through their tissue ...

Extensive recent collections of tropical and subtropical bryophytes have been made over the last 60 years, many by museum bryologists. Most significantly, these include material from Malaysia, ...

He became interested in bryophytes - mosses and liverworts - and was an acknowledged expert, with a sizeable herbarium of his own from both the British Isles and farther afield. He published widely on ...