bryophyte
noun
bryo·phyte
ˈbrī-ə-ˌfīt 
: any of a division (Bryophyta) of nonflowering plants comprising the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts
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Understanding Moss Growth Bryologists study moss or bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts), and with more than 20,000 species, there are plenty of mosses to explore.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
Along with their cousins liverworts and hornworts, they are known as bryophytes.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 28 Feb. 2023
Surprisingly, the team identified 75 different species of bryophytes, including 10 types of liverworts, according to a press release.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 1 Nov. 2019
Researchers from the University of Glasgow and the University of Innsbruck recovered at least 75 species of bryophytes, non-vascular plants such as mosses and liverworts, that had been preserved in ice with Otzi.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 31 Oct. 2019
Around 70 percent of the bryophyte species found in and around Ötzi's high-altitude remains do not grow in the nival zone, the highest region of alpine vegetation which starts around 9,850 feet in this part of the Alps.
—Megan Gannon, National Geographic, 30 Oct. 2019
Anthocerotae Anthocerotae, also known as hornworts, are the third type of bryophyte.
—Kevin Espiritu For Partselect.com, Good Housekeeping, 29 Aug. 2017
Oishi said humid cities where moss thrives could benefit most from using bryophytes – a collective term for mosses, hornworts and liverworts – as bioindicators, adding moss could be monitored in its natural environment or cultivated for analysis.
—Sophie Hares, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2017
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
Along with their cousins liverworts and hornworts, they are known as bryophytes.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 28 Feb. 2023
Surprisingly, the team identified 75 different species of bryophytes, including 10 types of liverworts, according to a press release.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 1 Nov. 2019
Researchers from the University of Glasgow and the University of Innsbruck recovered at least 75 species of bryophytes, non-vascular plants such as mosses and liverworts, that had been preserved in ice with Otzi.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 31 Oct. 2019
Around 70 percent of the bryophyte species found in and around Ötzi's high-altitude remains do not grow in the nival zone, the highest region of alpine vegetation which starts around 9,850 feet in this part of the Alps.
—Megan Gannon, National Geographic, 30 Oct. 2019
Anthocerotae Anthocerotae, also known as hornworts, are the third type of bryophyte.
—Kevin Espiritu For Partselect.com, Good Housekeeping, 29 Aug. 2017
Oishi said humid cities where moss thrives could benefit most from using bryophytes – a collective term for mosses, hornworts and liverworts – as bioindicators, adding moss could be monitored in its natural environment or cultivated for analysis.
—Sophie Hares, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2017
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“Bryophyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bryophyte. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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