Mosses belong to the phylum Bryophyta.
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It depends: Antherocerophyta - hornworts Hepatophyta - Liverworts Bryophyta - All other mosses
True mosses belong to the phylum Bryophyta. They are simple, non-vascular plants that reproduce via spores and are commonly found in moist environments.
Phylum Bryophyta, which includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, is eaten by various herbivores such as snails, slugs, insects, and some small mammals. These organisms feed on bryophytes as part of their diet.
The gametophyte generation is the most conspicuous in the Phylum Bryophyta. Gametophytes are the dominant and noticeable stage in the life cycle of mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, while the sporophyte generation is typically smaller and less noticeable.
Mosses are brypohytes (br-eye-yo-fights). They are plants. So the taxonomy (which is what you are asking about ) would be: Kingdom: plants, division: bryophytes, classes: takakiopsida, sphagnopsid, andreaeopsida, andreaeobryopsida, polytrichopsida, bryopsida, family: a subset of the above, genus: you can look it up, species - that is very "specific" (get it?)... You can buy sphagnum moss at most nurseries...
It depends: Antherocerophyta - hornworts Hepatophyta - Liverworts Bryophyta - All other mosses
True mosses belong to the phylum Bryophyta. They are simple, non-vascular plants that reproduce via spores and are commonly found in moist environments.
Lycopodiophyta. "Division" is just another word for phylum, when used with plants, if that was confusing you.
Phylum Pterophyta includes things such as ferns, which are fully functioning plants with leaves. Phylum Lycophyta includes things like mosses, which are less advanced than ferns.
Ferns have a dominant sporophyte and a reduced gametophyte. As for moss, it depends on the type. If referring to mosses under the phylum Bryophyta (these are the nonvascular mosses) they have a dominant gametophyte. If referring to mosses under seedless vascular category, such as club mosses in the phylum Lycophyta, these plants have a dominant sporophyte and a reduced gametophyte.
Club mosses are vascular plants with erect stems that bear spores in club-shaped, cone-like structures. And True mosses are non-vascular plants which have simple leaflike, rootlike, and stem like parts. They're not true leaves, roots, or stems because they lack vascular tissues.
Club mosses (Phylum Lycopodophyta) and horsetails (Phylum Equisetophyta) are similar to ferns (Phylum Pteridophyta) in that they; - do not produce seeds, only spores - have stems that are unstrengthened by wood (evolved first in the more advanced gymnosperms) - have a dominant sporophyte generation - do have vascular tissue (not as advanced as seed plants but there nonetheless) - do not produce flowers (flowers evolved first in angiosperms)
Once the phylum of Bryophyta is reached the establishment of the other classification categories requires more specific information.Kingdom: PlantaePhylum: BryophytaClass: MultipleOrder:Family:Genus:Species:
There is controversy, but until it is resolved: traditionally the bryophytes are divided into 3 main groups: Marchantiophyta (liverworts), Bryophyta (mosses), Anthocerotophyta (hornworts). Bryophytes are one of the two main groups of plants. Their distinguishing feature is that they are non-vascular plants. All other plants are vascular. They are spore-producing plants (but not all spore producers are byophytes), and none have flowers.
Unlike true mosses, club mosses have vascular tissue.
Non vascular plants consist of mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. They are normally found in moist places with a lot of rainfall.
Club mosses are vascular while bryophytes (true mosses) are nonvascular.