Hornwort
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Hornworts are a group of non-vascular Embryophytes constituting the division Anthocerotophyta. The common name refers to the elongated horn-like structure, which is the sporophyte. As in mosses and li
Phaeoceros laevis
The hornwort Dendroceros crispus growing on the bark of a tree.
Bryophyte
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Bryophytes are a group of land plants, sometimes treated as a taxonomic division referred to as Bryophyta sensu lato, that contains three groups of non-vascular land plants: the liverworts, hornworts,
Hornwort
…of species is still uncertain. While there are more than 300 published species names, the actual number could be as low as 100–150 species. Like all bryophytes, the dominant life phase of a hornwort is the haploid gametophyte. This stage usually grows as a thin rosette or ribbon-like thallus between one and…
Marchantiophyta Sp.Non Déterminée FL3
An example of moss (Bryophyta) on the forest floor in Broken Bow, Oklahoma
Hornworts (Anthocerophyta) were once believed to be the closest living relatives of the vascular plants.
Mosses are one group of bryophytes.