<P> Botanically , mosses are non-vascular plants in the land plant division Bryophyta . They are small ( a few centimeters tall ) herbaceous ( non-woody ) plants that absorb water and nutrients mainly through their leaves and harvest carbon dioxide and sunlight to create food by photosynthesis . They differ from vascular plants in lacking water - bearing xylem tracheids or vessels . As in liverworts and hornworts , the haploid gametophyte generation is the dominant phase of the life cycle . This contrasts with the pattern in all vascular plants ( seed plants and pteridophytes ) , where the diploid sporophyte generation is dominant . Mosses reproduce using spores , not seeds , and have no flowers . </P>
<P> Botanically , mosses are non-vascular plants in the land plant division Bryophyta . They are small ( a few centimeters tall ) herbaceous ( non-woody ) plants that absorb water and nutrients mainly through their leaves and harvest carbon dioxide and sunlight to create food by photosynthesis . They differ from vascular plants in lacking water - bearing xylem tracheids or vessels . As in liverworts and hornworts , the haploid gametophyte generation is the dominant phase of the life cycle . This contrasts with the pattern in all vascular plants ( seed plants and pteridophytes ) , where the diploid sporophyte generation is dominant . Mosses reproduce using spores , not seeds , and have no flowers . </P>
moss is an example of which type of plant
moss is an example of which type of plant
non-vascular plants
non-vascular plants