Maidenhair MossBy: Lillian Mills

ClassificationCommon name: Maidenhair mossScientific name: Fissidens adianthoidesKingdom: PlantePhylum: BryophyotaClass: Bryopsida

CharacteristicsAll mosses live in wet areas, since they need shade and water to liveHas radial symmetryProducer

Life Cycle

Has 13-22 sporesSexual reproduction

HabitatLives in wetter climates (boggy ground, riverbanks, rocks near rivers, mountainous regions), and have to be in the shade.Since they are plants, they use photosynthesis to get their energy

CharacteristicsCan be different shades of bright green; their leaves reminded the Anglo-Saxons of hairUsed to be used to bandage wounds if had nothing else to useNon-vascular plant: Each plant cell in plant has to get its own nutrients through osmosis and diffusion, as opposed to getting it through tissue.

Youtube Video

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Works Consulted

http://www.encyclo.co.uk/define/Maidenhair%20moss

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=FIAD70http://www.eol.org/pages/928809