Is Porella a Moss?

Porella navicularis
Commonly called scale moss, this is no moss at all! It is a leafy liverwort. Note that the leaves are arranged in two main lateral rows characteristic of this group of bryophytes.

Is Porella a liverwort?

Porella is a large, common, and widespread genus of liverworts in order Porellales. It is a member of the family Porellaceae within that order. There are 84 species recognized, most of them from East Asia.

Which plant is a moss?

Botanically, mosses are non-vascular plants in the land plant division Bryophyta. They are small (a few centimeters tall) herbaceous (non-woody) plants that absorb water and nutrients mainly through their leaves and harvest carbon dioxide and sunlight to create food by photosynthesis.

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