Buried alongside the famous Ötzi the Iceman are at least 75 species of bryophytes -- mosses and liverworts -- which hold clues to Ötzi's surroundings, according to a new study. Buried alongside the ...

Forget your favorite flowers, because we’re talking all about the mean green sporing machines. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we dive into the first few branches of plants’ phylogenetic ...

Modern Farmer: What motivated you to start Mountain Moss? ‘Every time I see the bulldozers, my heart aches for all of the plants that got destroyed.’ Annie Martin: I had a two-pronged stimulus. Number ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A volunteer team at the California Academy of Sciences has reached a milestone in its research collection. The academy now has more than 100,000 specimens of a plant group called ...

Large mammals and exotic plants get all the attention, and conservation efforts are often directed at protecting them. Who who protects our mosses? This often-neglected group of non-vascular lower ...

Researchers have developed a method to evaluate atmospheric conditions using mosses (bryophytes) in urban areas, a development that could facilitate broader evaluations of atmospheric environments.

Once thought of as a nuisance, moss is now being recognized for its contributions in creating healthy, low-maintenance, and ...

The Friends of the Chico State Herbarium will sponsor a workshop on the “Introduction to Bryophytes,” Friday and Saturday, in Holt Hall, Room 129 on the Chico State University campus, and payment and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The development of a complete understanding of how plants interact with the environment at the cellular level is a crucial step in advancing ...

The National Cancer Institute's record of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) screened for biologically active chemicals is reviewed. In 1977, an extract of a moss from Maryland, ...

Learning about flowering plants (angiosperms) can be a lifelong study for a gardener. One report states that they include 416 families, approximately 13,164 known genera and about 295,383 known ...