NEETBotanyPlant Kingdom
What type of body structure do bryophytes have?
Options
- AThallus-like and prostrate or erect
- BWoody and tall
- CHerbaceous and bushy
- DAquatic and floating
Correct answer
A. Thallus-like and prostrate or erect
Step-by-step solution
Bryophytes include the various mosses and liverworts that are found commonly growing in moist shaded areas in the hills. Bryophytes are also called amphibians of the plant kingdom because these plants can live in soil but are dependent on water for sexual reproduction. They usually occur in damp, humid and shaded localities. They play an important role in plant succession on bare rocks/soil. The plant body of bryophytes is more differentiated than that of algae. It is thallus-like and prostrate or erect, and attach