Bryologi
Bryologi, or bryology in English, is the scientific study of bryophytes, a group of non-vascular land plants that includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. The field encompasses their taxonomy, anatomy, development, ecology, evolution, and their roles in ecosystems as well as their responses to environmental change.
Bryophytes are characterized by the absence of true vascular tissue and by a life cycle in which
Bryophytes occupy a wide range of moist habitats, from forest floors and bogs to rock surfaces and
Research in bryology employs field surveys, microscopy, anatomy, physiology, ecology, and increasingly molecular methods to resolve
Historically, bryology developed with naturalists in the 18th and 19th centuries, notably Johann Hedwig, who contributed