How do liverworts, mosses and hornworts differ in appearance?

Yes. Liverworts, mosses, and hornworts look different from one another. Each type of plant has a unique set of physical characteristics, as explained below.

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  Liverworts have thorny leaves that do not have ribs. Liverworts can be either thallose or leafy. Thallose liverworts have large and rubbery leaves with flower-like capsules that contain spores for reproduction. Leafy liverworts have smaller leaves that are arranged on a small stem.


•  Mosseslook velvety. The stems of mosses...

Yes. Liverworts, mosses, and hornworts look different from one another. Each type of plant has a unique set of physical characteristics, as explained below.

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  Liverworts have thorny leaves that do not have ribs. Liverworts can be either thallose or leafy. Thallose liverworts have large and rubbery leaves with flower-like capsules that contain spores for reproduction. Leafy liverworts have smaller leaves that are arranged on a small stem.


•  Mosses look velvety. The stems of mosses are minute and contain simple leaves. Acrocarp is a group of mosses that stand upright. Pleurocarp a mosses that creep.


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   Hornworts are made of thalli. Thalli are irregularly lobed and branching bodies.

Liverworts, mosses, and hornworts are examples of a group of plants called bryophytes. Bryophytes are small, flowerless green plants that lie low to the ground. Bryophytes lie low to the ground because they do not have a vascular system to carry nutrients high above the ground.