From the misconceptions quiz we took last week, we began questioning if moss was a plant.
According to encyclopediabritannica.com, there are actually 12,000 species of moss plants. Many mosses that include the name aren't actually moss at all, they are lichens. Mosses release nutrients that help nourish more complex plants.
Mosses do not have a vascular system, that explains why the plant can't grow very large. Moss only needs droplets of water to survive, unlike other plants that require more water. Moss is referred to as one plant while they are actually many tiny plants.
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