Jan4,2024
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They date back 450 million years, and have survived and thrived through a range of drastic climate changes
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Comprised of 15,000-25,000 species, they occur on every continent and in every ecosystem habitable by plants that use sunlight for energy
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Mosses and their cousins liverworts and hornworts are classified as Bryophyta in the plant kingdom
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Unlike most other plants, mosses don't have roots. Instead they have rhizoids
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Mosses grow in many different environments, from cold snowy mountains to baking hot deserts. Some have survived in 100 degree Centigrade while some others as low as -272 degree Centigrade
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Mosses function like sponges, using their capillary spaces to hang on to water
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Mosses can impact the temperature of the soil, both warming it up and cooling it down depending on the environment.
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Some mosses have adapted to low light conditions and are even found growing in caves.
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Mosses are important components of the vegetation in many regions of the world, and they make up a major part of the biodiversity in moist forest, wetland, mountain and tundra ecosystems.
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