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bryology [brī′äl·ə·jē] (botany) The study of bryophytes. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It's a simple and elegant experiment that answers a simple and important question," says bryologist Dale Vitt of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Bryologists, who study moss, do not have an exact date for when this type of plant first emerged, but it may be as far back as 350 to 700 million years ago. Bryologist (moss expert) Howard Crum, in his Mosses of the Great Lakes Forest, notes that sphagnum is exceedingly important in nature because it controls and impedes the North's drainage. |
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