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A lichen is a plant, usually an alga, and a fungus living symbiotically. Moss is a common name for the Bryophytes, a phylum of usually small plants with a distinctive life cycle. Lichens and moss, though often found in similar environments, aren't really related.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoA green obsorbant sponge thing.
Moss is a very short green plant that does not have true leaves, stems, and roots.
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∙ 9y agoMoss is a plant that has no seeds or flowers, and which produces spores. There are around 14,500 known species of moss.
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How do moss and lichen help other plants?
Moss and lichen prepare area for other organisms.
A plant that is a cross between a fungi and an algae?
Lichen is formed by a partnership between fungi and algae. Lichen is a specific type of moss that grows on rocks.
Is moss edible?
Almost every type of moss and lichen is edible. However, they're also rather disgusting, and not very nutritious. As well, due to the structure of lichens, they often contain unwanted insects and dirt.
What is an example of a lichen?
Wolf lichen, British soldier lichen, or Christmas lichen. These are a few of many.
What eats lichen?
Lichens can be found all over the entire world. two animals that eat the Lichens are Caribou and Reindeer.
How do moss and lichen help other plants?
Moss and lichen prepare area for other organisms.
What is a synonym for lichen?
Moss, tree moss, rock moss.
A plant that is a cross between a fungi and an algae?
Lichen is formed by a partnership between fungi and algae. Lichen is a specific type of moss that grows on rocks.
How is lichen important to succession?
Lichen is the base in the chain of succession. It starts at lichen, the moves on to moss, then to small plants, and so on.
What does a lemming eat?
plants, grasses, moss, and lichen
What is the common name of shaggy lichen which grows on trees?
Moss
What is the Latin name of Iceland moss?
Cetraria islandica and is a lichen.
What plants are the examples of the non vascular plants?
Moss. lichen
What kind of a tree is a lichen?
it ios not a tree it is sort of like a moss
What organisms make up lichen in a tundra biome?
moss and fungi
What do finches use as a nest?
Grass,leaves,moss,cobweb and lichen
What type of plants are in the taiga?
Evergreen trees, shrubs, moss, and lichen
