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Floristic Inventories of U.S. Bryophytes (Score: 0.690)

Bryophytes and lichens, small but indispensable forest dwellers Description of bryophytes (mosses,liverworts,and hornworts) and lichens (dual organisms of a fungus and an alga or a cyanobacterium) that are part of forest ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest with information on habitat and conservation. (Score: 0.336)

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Definition: Simple green land plants with leaves and a stem and always without roots. They are members of the phyla Bryophyta, along with liverworts and hornworts.