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Hornworts, liverworts and mosses are known as bryophytes. They do not have the ability to pull nutrients or water from the ground at large distance. Due to this nature, they live in moist areas such as forests and creeks.
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Bryophytes must live in wet habitats in order to reproduce. They must have enough water for the sperm to swim over to the egg and fertilize it.
Reproduction. The spores of the plant must travel on a film of water highway to complete the reproductive process.
The environmental agent that unites sperm and egg in Bryophytes is water. The sperm in Bryophytes swim to the Archegonia through water. The environmental agent that unites sperm and egg in Pines is air./ Wind. Pollen in pines is carried by wind.
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a)reproduce b)draw up water by osmosis c)undergo photosynthesis d)grow tall
Hornworts, liverworts and mosses are known as bryophytes. They do not have the ability to pull nutrients or water from the ground at large distance. Due to this nature, they live in moist areas such as forests and creeks.
Bryophytes are the simplest land plants because they lack vascular tissues and are usually 1 to 2 cm in height and they need water for their reproductioin and they live in damp places and in them gametophyte generation is dominant.
Mosses belong to the division Bryophyta. Bryophytes are generally terrestrial plants but they need water in order to reproduce. As moss is a bryophyte even it is a terrestrial plant which needs abundant moisture for growth and reproduction. So mosses (Bryophytes) are called the amphibians of the Plant Kingdom.
Strictly speaking all plants, for without water plants die! However algae, bryophytes (mosses and liverworts) and pteridophytes (ferns) all have motile male gametes which require free water to swim through to the female gamete.
Water and nutrients are transported through bryophytes using the xylem. The process of translocation is used for this purpose in plants.
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The male sex cells,androcytes of bryophytes are motile and require a medium to swim in to reach the female sex organ for fertilisation.Hence water is essential as it becomes the medium for the androcyte to swim.
Bryophytes are a type of non-vascular plants that draw up water by using osmosis. One of the more well known plants within this group are species of moss.
Bryophytes are not found in deserts because they depend on water, and deserts have little to no water.Clarification:While bryophytes are not common in deserts, there are a few species that do live and survive quite well in the desert. They had been able to adapt to the dry environment.
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