Plant behavior may seem rather boring compared with the frenetic excesses of animals. Yet the lives of our vegetable friends, ...

“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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Plant behaviour may seem rather boring compared with the frenetic excesses of animals. Yet the lives of our vegetable friends, who tirelessly feed the ...

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 ...

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, ...