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bryophyte
Any member of the phylum Bryophya – small, green, rootless, non-vascular plants, including mosses and liverworts, and hornworts. Bryophytes grow on damp surfaces exposed to light, including rocks and tree bark, almost everywhere from the Arctic to the Antarctic. About 24,000 species are known.
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