Avascular Moss

[Rebeccat478]

Why are mosses considered to be non-vascular plants? I know it has something to do with their vascular tissue. But what? I've spent 2 hours in my book and I can't find it.

[MrMistery]

Do u know what plant vascular tissue means? Mosses do not have any xylem or phloem so they are avascular

[th1_rhs13]

Avascular.

Mossses are also bryophytes, they have Rhizodes which aren't true roots. Thus, Avascular.

Increase your reading skills, or play with sites dictionary.

[Dr.Stein]

Just a little bit correction:

Avascular plant is a plant that does not have vascular bundles (xylem, pholem) for their trasportation system. Mosses are avascular because they just us modified parenchymes to do this job as they don't have those bundles.

Avascular plant is NOT a plant that does not have true root! That's not a proper definition. You should make a good definition by looking the etimology of the term.
- If a plant does not have true root (radix) and just rhizoid, it is called as thallus
- If a plant does have true root, it is called as cormus.

_at_ MOD: Would someone please change the title thus match to the content? Thank you.

[th1_rhs13]

Thanks for clearing that up. Botany is not my focal pont, I thought I could comment on the matter but I stand corrected.