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What is moss and lichen?
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.
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.
1 Moss plants are held in place by thread like structures called what?
The threadlike structures are called rhizoids.
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.
Why is the best example of a pioneer species that would be found where a glacier has retreated?
The best example of a pioneer species that would be found where a glacier has retreated is moss or lichen. These species can survive in harsh, barren environments and help to break down rock and establish soil, paving the way for other plants to colonize the area. Their ability to grow in nutrient-poor soils and harsh conditions makes them well-suited for colonization after the retreat of a glacier.
What plants are the examples of the non vascular plants?
Moss. lichen
What does a lemming eat?
plants, grasses, moss, and lichen
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 type of plants are in the taiga?
Evergreen trees, shrubs, moss, and lichen
What are the native plants of the taiga biome?
Lichen, moss, evergreen trees.
What kinds of plants grow in the taiga?
evergreens,shrubs,moss, and lichen
Can you name 5 plants that have no flowers?
Grass Algae Moss Lichen Seaweed
What do caribo eat?
They eat grass, tree bark, tundra plants such as lichen and moss.
What is a synonym for lichen?
Moss, tree moss, rock moss.
What grows in the canopy layer of the rainforest?
no
What is moss and lichen?
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.
What do the animals in the Arctic eat?
Other animals, moss, lichen, roots, bark, leaves...
