bryophytes
The Abundance of Bryophytes on Logs Versus Coniferous and Deciduous Trees in the Morgan Arboretum
A small green carpet of moss that covers numerous natural surfaces worldwide can often be overlooked as insignificant. However, moss, along with liverworts and hornworts, collectively named bryophytes, are more complex than they appear (Porley 2013). Bryophytes are the second most diverse plant group, behind flowering plants, with over 16,000 species identified throughout the world […]
Bryophytes of the Morgan Arboretum
Introduction Moss, lichen, liverwort; we see these tiny plants every day, but do we ever stop to really think about them? For our natural history research project, we decided to learn more about these plants, also referred to as bryophytes. It was this curiosity that lead to our research question, which is: In what forest […]
The St. Lawrence Lowlands 