What should be the correct information in this regarding the difference of fern and moss?

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Is it moss that instead possesses roots and leaves and not fern?



%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;Ferns possess roots and leaves while moss does not.What should be the correct information in this regarding the difference of fern and moss?The statement above viz. "Ferns possess roots and leaves while moss does not." is scientifically accurate .



Your query seems to be very genuine , so here is detailed answer .



1 ) First of all one must know very well that the two plants that we easily see and recognize any where are from two different generations .



2 ) Moss plant as we see is a Representative of haploid , sexual or gametophytic

generation in its life cycle .

kindly click on the links below to see a diagram =

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/images/moc鈥?/a>

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co鈥?/a>



3 ) Fern plant as we see is a Representative of diploid , asexual or sporophytic generation, in the life cycle of fern plant .

click on the links below =

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/images/fec鈥?/a>

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultrane鈥?/a>



Formation of true roots , true stem and true leaves is a feature found in dominant sporophytic generations ( Ferns and all other vascular plants including gymnosperms and angiosperms )



What we see in moss( which is a Bryophyte) are the rhizoids or root like , then stem like and leaf like organs . But these are not true roots, stems or leaves .What should be the correct information in this regarding the difference of fern and moss?mosses are byrophites meaning that they have don't really have vascular systems like ferns do generally. They do it through diffusion since their epidermis layer is very thin while ferns have vascular systems. But the main difference lies in their sporophyte generation and gametophyte generations.What should be the correct information in this regarding the difference of fern and moss?Ferns have stems, leaves and roots like other vascular plants. Ferns do not have either seeds or flowers. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern). Mosses have stems and simple leaves but not roots (they have rhizoids instead).