HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Mosses and ferns are found in moist and shady places because both require the presence of water for sexual reproduction.

Detailed explanation-2: -Since mosses are non-vascular, they are lacking these tissues, and therefore, they have no transport system. Instead, mosses must absorb their water directly from their environment. This means they must live in damp areas where there is moisture readily available for them to take in.

Detailed explanation-3: -Because they don’t have roots and stems to transport water, mosses dry out very quickly, so they are usually found in moist habitats. The only place they don’t grow is in salt water. Moss plants are usually very small. They have leaf-like structures or phyllids that are usually only a single cell layer thick.

Detailed explanation-4: -A. Depend for their nutrition on microorganisms which can survive only at low temperature. B. Do not need sunlight for photosynthesis. C. Require presence of water for fertilisation. D. Cannot compete with sun-loving plants.