Bryophyte Morphology and Identification BIOR97
5 credits Bryophytes are important components of many kinds of vegetation, especially in moist or cold biomes, such as arctic tundra, alpine heaths, boreal forest, various types of wetlands, mountain cloud forest and tropical rainforest. In total, about 22 000 species are described, and more than 1200 of these are known from Scandinavia. The bryophyte lineages – mosses, liverworts and hornworts -