Question

What are the general characteristics of bryophytes?

Answer 1

Bryophytes

1. Bryophytes include mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, among others.
2. They are non-vascular plants, which means they don't have roots or vascular tissue and instead rely on the air for water and nutrients (e.g., their leaves).

Bryophytes have the following general characteristics:

1. Plants thrive in moist, shady environments.
2. The thallus-like body of the plant can be prostrate or upright.
3. Rhizoids, which can be unicellular or multicellular, attach it to the substratum.
4. They have a root-like, stem-like, and leaf-like structure, but no genuine vegetative structure.