Liverworts are one of the oldest living ancestors of modern plants, their life cycles are kinda weird, they look more like something that grows in a petri dish than a plant, and this one looks like snake skin
I just finished a two week, three credit-hour crash course primarily on mosses, but it included liverworts and hornworts a bit, too. So to find one in the wild was really cool because it’s the first time in my life I’ve seen one.
They’re also one of the few plants that dont have a vascular system (no xylem/phloem) which is why they stay so low to the ground and need constant moisture!
Not constant, actually, my professor emphasized that after being completely dessicated, when rehydrated about 80% of the plant will revive perfectly functional
Liverworts are one of the oldest living ancestors of modern plants, their life cycles are kinda weird, they look more like something that grows in a petri dish than a plant, and this one looks like snake skin
I just finished a two week, three credit-hour crash course primarily on mosses, but it included liverworts and hornworts a bit, too. So to find one in the wild was really cool because it’s the first time in my life I’ve seen one.
They’re just weird and I like em
I like you. ;)
They’re also one of the few plants that dont have a vascular system (no xylem/phloem) which is why they stay so low to the ground and need constant moisture!
Not constant, actually, my professor emphasized that after being completely dessicated, when rehydrated about 80% of the plant will revive perfectly functional