1 We measured species density, biomass and shoot density for both bryophytes and vascular plants in 90 small plots in 18 calcareous fens. In addition, we recorded leaf area index and litter mass of ...

1. According to the Stress Gradient Hypothesis, facilitation and competition are considered to be important at opposite ends of an environmental gradient. However, recent research has questioned the ...

We meet Dr Pina Milne, a botanist who takes us into the fascinating, tiny and forgotten world of “bryophytes”; plants like mosses, liverworts and hornworts “Bryophytes” is the word used to describe ...

Forget your favorite flowers, because we’re talking all about the mean green sporing machines. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we dive into the first few branches of plants’ phylogenetic ...

Desiccation tolerance refers to the exceptional ability of certain bryophytes and land plants to survive near-complete water loss, a trait that is pivotal to their survival in harsh, arid environments ...

In the news business, an evergreen is a story that doesn't have to run on a particular day, but can stay fresh for a long time. This is an evergreen story about an evergreen. In particular, a group of ...

A team of botanists has found a new plant species in the bryophyte group that grows on tree leaves and named it in honour of a veteran botanist. The news plant species found from biodiversity-rich New ...

Bryophytes are an important part of our environment, but in the tropics, there’s still much to learn about them. Vanessa Crooks Bryophytes in the tropics are threatened due to lack of information and ...

Up in the northern reaches of the Canadian Arctic, researchers have discovered that a category of plants buried by the Teardrop glacier hundreds of years ago is alive and well, despite having been ...

BHUBANESWAR: Good news for plant lovers and conservationists. Researchers have found four species of flowering plants for the first time in the State from Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary of Kalahandi ...

The tallest plants alive today can grow to over 100 meters tall. But they evolved from ancestors that were just a few ...