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Maidenhair Moss

Maidenhair Moss. By: Lillian Mills. Classification. Common name: Maidenhair moss Scientific name: Fissidens adianthoides Kingdom: Plante Phylum: Bryophyota Class: Bryopsida. Characteristics. All mosses live in wet areas, since they need shade and water to live Has radial symmetry

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Maidenhair Moss

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  1. Maidenhair Moss • By: Lillian Mills

  2. Classification • Common name: Maidenhair moss • Scientific name: Fissidens adianthoides • Kingdom: Plante • Phylum: Bryophyota • Class: Bryopsida

  3. Characteristics • All mosses live in wet areas, since they need shade and water to live • Has radial symmetry • Producer

  4. Life Cycle • Has 13-22 spores • Sexual reproduction

  5. Habitat • Lives 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

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

  7. Youtube Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBPLKUTtXBM

  8. Works Consulted • http://www.encyclo.co.uk/define/Maidenhair%20moss http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=FIAD70 http://www.eol.org/pages/928809

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