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苔蘚是一種最低等的高等植物，也是世界上分布最廣的植物之一。苔蘚植物只有假根（沒有真正的根），但是有莖葉分化。莖葉結構叫配子體，在繁殖階段，配子體上長出孢子體。苔蘚的子囊蒴就像是一間小房間，裡面有成千上萬個孢子，不同種苔蘚有著不同形狀的小房間，有的是圓球形的（澤蘚），有的像個小碗（立碗蘚），有的像是小酒杯。等到孢子體成熟，苔蘚小寶寶就會隨著風、隨著水四處飄散，停在條件合適的環境，就又會長大。

Mosses are considered as lower plants and among the most widely distributed plants. They possess rhizoids (not true roots) and their gametophytes exhibit stem and leaf differentiation. Before the gametophyte stage, a sporophyte produces a sporangium, which is like a small room containing thousands of spores. These rooms are shaped differently among different species of mosses. Some look like spheres (genus Philonotis), some like small bowls (Physcomitrium), and some like small wine glasses. Once a sporophyte matures, spores drift on wind and water and grow in suitable environments.

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