Title: Bryophyte - Wikipedia
Headings: Bryophyte
Bryophyte
Contents
Terminology
Features
Habitat
Life cycle
Sexuality
Classification and phylogeny
Paraphyletic view
Other views
Evolution
Similarities to algae and vascular plants
Comparative morphology
Uses
Environmental
Commercial
See also
References
Bibliography
External links

Content: G.M. Smith placed this group between Algae and Pteridophyta. Features
The defining features of bryophytes are: Their life cycles are dominated by a multicellular gametophyte stage
Their sporophytes are unbranched
They do not have a true vascular tissue containing lignin (although some have specialized tissues for the transport of water)
Habitat
Bryophytes exist in a wide variety of habitats. They can be found growing in a range of temperatures (cold arctics and in hot deserts), elevations (sea-level to alpine), and moisture (dry deserts to wet rainforests). Bryophytes can grow where vascularized plants cannot because they do not depend on roots for an uptake of nutrients from soil. Bryophytes can survive on rocks and bare soil. Life cycle
See also: Alternation of generations
The life cycle of a dioicous bryophyte. The gametophyte (haploid) structures are shown in green, the sporophyte (diploid) in brown. Like all land plants (embryophytes), bryophytes have life cycles with alternation of generations.