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Bryophyta (phylum),
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Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) sensu stricto. However, 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 only a limited role in conducting water and nutrients. Although some species have conducting tissues, these are generally poorly developed and structurally different from similar tissue found in vascular plants. Mosses do not have seeds and after fertilisation develop sporophytes with unbranched stalks…
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