NONVASCULAR PLANTS

• Liverwort phylum

  Hepatophyta
• Moss phylum

  Bryphyta
• Hornworts phylum

  Anthocerophyta
• Liverwort


  Once thought to help treat liver diseases
• Mosses

  consist of green gametophytes and elongated sporophytes
• What color do moss sporophytes turn into when ready to release spores?

  Tan
• Hornworts


  lack seta and only have one sporangium that splits at the horn
• Hornworts


  Have a symbiotic relationship with nitrogen fixing bacteria