We’re talking bryophytes and seedless vascular plants, the categories that include mosses and ferns, liverworts, and more. So let’s get low— to the ground, that is. This is gonna be mossome. Hi!

Bryophytes: Examples of Mossin’ Annie’s Favorite Mosses. Successful moss gardening is like smart home buying. “Location, location, location,” says Mossin’ Annie, who emphasizes picking ...

The moss genus Takakia (shown) is not like other mosses. This tiny, feathery plant is around 390 million years old, and can survive on the Tibetan Plateau, more than 4,000 meters above sea level.

Moss walks, moss talks, moss movies, crafting moss-themed Valentines, and a "gastropod derby" with snails and slugs (for whom moss is a nice moist microclimate). Accessibility links.

Mosses, liverworts, ... Bryophytes diverged from flowering plants over 500 million years ago, and knowledge of their immune systems is limited.

True mosses are Bryophytes, a classification of plants that are defined by being nonvascular, organisms that have no vessels of their own to transport water or nutrients. Think of a tree stump.

Moss is the tiny superstar of the plant world that not only looks great but also plays an important number of roles. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening ...

Mosses are members of the Bryophytes family, which is a group of non-vascular land plants. Non-vascular means these plants do not have internal “plumbing” (xylem and phloem) ...

Mosses are members of the Bryophytes family, which is a group of non-vascular land plants. Non-vascular means these plants do not have internal “plumbing” (xylem and phloem) for the transport ...

Bryophytes play a very important role in the environment: they colonize sterile soils, absorb nutrients and water and release them slowly back into the ecosystem, contributing to the formation of ...

Bryophytes often act as primary colonisers and initiate succession in terrestrial ecosystems. Their extraordinary potential of water retention is more effective than that of trees and means that the ...

We’re talking bryophytes and seedless vascular plants, the categories that include mosses and ferns, liverworts, and more. So let’s get low— to the ground, that is. This is gonna be mossome.