{"id":6461,"date":"2013-11-25T06:12:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T06:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/?p=6461"},"modified":"2014-12-02T08:26:55","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T08:26:55","slug":"biology-review-of-mosses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/2013\/11\/25\/biology-review-of-mosses\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology Review of Mosses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mosses are types of small plants that grow close to the ground.\u00a0 They require large amounts of water to live, as they have no structures to store and transport water.\u00a0 Some forms of mosses, such as peat moss, are important commercially.<\/p>\n

What Are Mosses?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Typical mosses are very small plants, usually between 1 and 10 centimeters long.\u00a0 They do not have flowers or seeds, and germinate from spores.\u00a0 They usually consist of small, spiky leaves around a short, thin stem, and cover the surfaces they grow upon with a spongy mat.<\/p>\n

Where Do Mosses Grow?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mosses grow typically in cool, moist places, such as forest floors in rainy and humid areas, covering rocks, on trees, and fallen logs. \u00a0Although mosses often grow on tree bark, \u00a0they are not parasitic to the tree.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0They grow close together, forming thick mats that prepare the soil for other types of plants.\u00a0 Their short, thin stems are tipped by leaves that are not specialized for gathering water, so they grow best in areas where water can be collected. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Since they are plants, they produce their own energy by photosynthesis, but they do not survive in dry areas.<\/p>\n

What Is the Life Cycle of Mosses?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mosses have two parts to their life cycle.\u00a0 They develop from spores when the environment is warm and moist enough.\u00a0 The spores germinate, attach themselves to a location, and carry out photosynthesis. Small shoots can develop into a clump of moss with stems and leaves.\u00a0 In the next phase, egg cells and sperm cells, sometimes from the same plant, but often from two separate plants, combine.\u00a0 Spores develop, mature, and are usually released into the wind, to begin the cycle again.<\/p>\n

Why Are Mosses Important?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mosses are important to other forms of plant life because they help to prepare soil by breaking down rocks to create topsoil.\u00a0 Forms of sphagnum moss are commercially important as peat moss, used as fuel traditionally in many parts of the world such as Ireland and other northern countries.\u00a0 In addition, some forms of peat were compressed as the source of some types of coal.<\/p>\n

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