Introduction
Bryophytes represent the oldest plants inhabiting the land, with some scientists putting its age to approximately 400 million years. Although a single plant is very small when viewed in isolation, their presence in forests is very conspicuous with some forests having a large mat cushioning trees trunks, rocks, and walls in the woodlands. Bryophytes comprise of three major taxonomic groups which are Bryophyta, Marchantiophyta, Anthocerotophyta. For this lab report, three species of Mosses, which is in the Bryophyta group and two species of Lichens will be used. The behavior of mosses in relation to absorption of water and the antiseptic ...
