Mosses
Bryophyta
Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (/braɪˈɒfətə/, /ˌbraɪ.əˈfaɪtə/) sensu stricto. Bryophyta (sensu lato, Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hornworts. Mosses typically form dense green clumps or mats, often in damp or shady locations. The individual plants are usually composed of simple leaves that are generally only one cell thick, attached to a stem that may be branched or unbranched and has...
7 branches of this phylum, most-observed first
Joint-toothed Mosses
classBryopsida
aloe-mosses
classPolytrichopsida
Peat mosses and allies
classSphagnopsida
unjointed-tooth mosses
classTetraphidopsida
Andreaeopsida
classAndreaeopsida
Takakiopsida
classTakakiopsida
Oedipodiopsida
classOedipodiopsida
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 311249.