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Bryophyta
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Bry`oph´y`ta
n. pl.1.See Cryptogamia.
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Noun1.Bryophyta - a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms; comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida)
division Bryophyta
division - (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom, Plantae - (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
bryophyte, nonvascular plant - any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta
moss family - a family of mosses
moss genus - a genus of mosses
Anthoceropsida, class Anthoceropsida - hornworts: in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida
Bryopsida, class Bryopsida, class Musci, Musci - true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales
class Hepaticae, class Hepaticopsida, Hepaticae, Hepaticopsida - liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales


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The biological processes in a stream are driven by two factors: the sun, which provides energy for algae and bryophytes such as mosses, and the vegetation debris--the leaves, branches, and logs that fall into the stream--which provides energy for the microorganisms that remove the nitrogen and phosphorus from the stream water.
Streamside solution by Frazer, Lance / Environmental Health Perspectives
The fir, which hosts a variety of rare bryophytes (mosses and liverworts) and at least one rare species of spider, is now a candidate for protection by the Endangered Species Act.
The aliens by Bolgiano, Chris / American Forests
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