Bryophytes and the Life Cycle of Plants

We now understand that the ancestors of plants came from the ocean. But eventually, the first plants made their way out of the water and onto land. What did these plants look like? What functions were they capable of carrying out, and how did they reproduce? These plants were called bryophytes, and examples of these are mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. Let's get a closer look at these fascinating plants, and the life cycle of plants in general.

Script by Sheryl Hosler

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[glennpearson]

Great work as usual, Professor Dave. Always informative. I suspect your exploration of vascular plants may be much more lengthy than this one on non-vascular plants. So, so many different types of vascular plants; I'll be interested to see where you begin. Cheers!

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[acommunistdwarf]

Thanks Dave, another great lesson. Given that there is no vascular tissues to distribute nutrients, am I right to assume this is done in a more cell to cell basis, where more superficial cells would collect water and nutrients and move them in through membrane to membrane transmission? Just wondering what are the different tissues and cell differentiation that occurs here since even in the simplest moss it is noticeable the different parts (like how the bottom is brown and grabs the soil, bark or rock while the top is green)

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