EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Bryophytes is the informal group name for mosses, liverworts and hornworts. They are non-vascular plants, which means they have no roots or vascular tissue, but instead absorb water and nutrients from the air through their surface (e.g., their leaves).

Detailed explanation-2: -It occurs in forest, grassland, savanna and fynbos biomes. In southern Africa P. commune frequently grows on gravelly soil and steep banks of road cuts, and on soil among grass along stream banks. It is also found near or along forest margins, on soil over rock outcrops, and at the edge of marshes.