Problem
Threatened bryoid habitats
Other Names:
Endangered habitats of non-vascular plants Nature:
Habitat alteration and degradation for development and agriculture are the principle threats to bryoids.
Background:
Bryoids are defined as bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) and lichens (foliose or fruticose; not crustose). Non-vascular (lower) plants lack true conducting tissues, leaves and roots. Since they lack elaborate conducting tissues they are relatively small. The gametophytes are the dominant phase and the sporophytes are dependent upon them. Non-vascular plants require water for fertilization so they must grow in moist or seasonally moist habitats.
Broader Problems:
Threatened habitats of bare rock Narrower Problems:
Threatened moss-lichen wetland habitats Related Problems:
Threatened alpine habitats Aggravates:
Threatened species of BryophytaThreatened species of HepatophytaThreatened species of MycophycophytaThreatened species of AnthoceraphytaThreatened species of Gymnopholus lichenifer Subject(s):
Geography → WildMedicine → Blood vessels
Plant Life → Plants
Societal Problems → Endangered species
Societal Problems → Vulnerability
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
30.05.2019 – 19:23 CEST