Curated category
Cryptogams
- FungusA single thread of hyphae, no wider than 10 micrometers, stretches through dark soil. This microscopic filament is the building block of a kingdom distinct…
- PteridophyteIn 1880, English speakers coined the term pteridophyte from Greek roots meaning feather and plant. These organisms are vascular plants with xylem and phloem…
- BryophyteA single moss plant in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, spreads across the forest floor without a single vein of lignin. Bryophytes lack true vascular tissue, meaning…