Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts


Bryophyte is the collective name for the mosses, liverworts and hornworts. Bryophytes are spore-producing, rather than seed-producing, plants and they are all without flowers.

While there are marked differences between mosses, liverworts and hornworts, they are related closely enough to warrant a single term that includes all three. Bryophytes vary in size from plants only slightly over a millimetre tall to trailing species which grow to strands well over a metre long. Although they are often found in rainforests they can be found in a variety of habitats including arid and alpine areas. They occur most abundantly in relatively unpolluted areas. They can also be found growing on a variety of surfaces (or substrates) ranging from soil, rock, tree trunks, leaves, rotting wood, bones, to old discarded shoes or gloves. Bryophytes don’t have true roots. They have root-like anchoring structures called rhizoids but these do not actively extract minerals and water from the substrate.

You can read more about Bryophytes here: https://www.cpbr.gov.au/bryophyte/


Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts

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dcnicholls wrote:
1 Apr 2025
Not a clubmoss, despite the name. Likely a Polytrichum species

Polytrichaceae sp. (family)
Teresa wrote:
21 Mar 2025
Agree with plants - its a moss

Bryaceae (family)
JaneR wrote:
17 Mar 2025
This is same photo as 4653837

Dawsonia (genus)
Tapirlord wrote:
17 Mar 2025
Bryophyte

Polytrichaceae sp. (family)
Tapirlord wrote:
17 Mar 2025
Bryophyte

Dawsonia (genus)
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