Bryophytes -- Plants
Evolutionary Milestones
Bryophytes are eukaryotic, like protists and fungi.
Habitat
Bryophytes have to live near water.
Anatomical/Structural Features
Bryophytes are small, nonvascular (no xylem or phloem to carry water or nutrients) mosses. They have a thick cell wall made of cellulose, a central vacuole, and chloroplasts.
Symmetry
Bryophytes have no symmetry.
How They Acquire Nutrients
Bryophytes are autotrophs.
What They Eat
Bryophytes convert sunlight into energy through photosynthesis. They draw up water by osmosis from cell of cell.
What Eats Them
Many animals (especially invertebrates), fungi, protists, and bacteria eat bryophytes.
Mobility
Bryophytes do not move.
Reproduction
Bryophytes reproduce using spores.
Development
Bryophytes use alteration of generations, but spend most of their life in the gametophyte stage.
Examples
Bryophytes are more commonly known as mosses.
Bryophytes are eukaryotic, like protists and fungi.
Habitat
Bryophytes have to live near water.
Anatomical/Structural Features
Bryophytes are small, nonvascular (no xylem or phloem to carry water or nutrients) mosses. They have a thick cell wall made of cellulose, a central vacuole, and chloroplasts.
Symmetry
Bryophytes have no symmetry.
How They Acquire Nutrients
Bryophytes are autotrophs.
What They Eat
Bryophytes convert sunlight into energy through photosynthesis. They draw up water by osmosis from cell of cell.
What Eats Them
Many animals (especially invertebrates), fungi, protists, and bacteria eat bryophytes.
Mobility
Bryophytes do not move.
Reproduction
Bryophytes reproduce using spores.
Development
Bryophytes use alteration of generations, but spend most of their life in the gametophyte stage.
Examples
Bryophytes are more commonly known as mosses.