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Why are mosses and liverworts limited in size?

A) They lack gametes.
B) They lack vascular tissues.
C) They lack a reproductive cycle.
D) They lack roots to absorb nutrition.
E) They lack chloroplasts for photosynthesis.

Vascular Tissues

Plant tissues responsible for transporting water, nutrients, and sugars throughout the plant.

Mosses

A phylum of spore-producing nonvascular plants with an alternation of generations in which the dominant n gametophyte alternates with a 2n sporophyte that remains attached to the gametophyte.

Liverworts

Simple, non-vascular plants, similar to mosses, that proliferate in moist, shaded environments and are among the earliest terrestrial plants.

  • Know the key differences between non-vascular (bryophytes) and vascular plants.
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