Assertion: moss | /r/HasProperty | small
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: typically
type: DEGREE
value: with gametophytes
type: OTHER
value: with morphologically different sporophytes
type: OTHER
value: in part
type: OTHER
value: in size
type: OTHER
value: without other adaptations
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: They are small
text: Being small plants without the waxy water-proofing cuticles and other adaptations that the leaves of flowering plants have, mosses can not easily retain their water content in dry conditions and so must tolerate periodic desiccation or exist in permanently wet environments.
text: These mosses are very tiny and Drummond is undoubtedly referring to some such species, though it's uncertain as to exactly which species he was referring to in that letter.
text: Many mosses are small and live in dense, compact mats that make them appear to be one plant rather than thousands of individual plants.
text: Mosses and liverworts may be small in size but play a keen role in landscape evolution in the mountainous Rockies.
text: Mosses may be small, but they may also be as complex as flowering plants.
text: They are small
text: Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts are small, in part, because they never evolved the vascular system that has allowed for uprightness and larger size in groups such as ferns, gymnosperms, and flowering plants.
text: Mosses are small plants requiring stereoscopes and compound microscopes for routine examination.
text: Both liverworts and mosses are small plants with morphologically different sporophytes and gametophytes.
text: Therefore, they are typically very small plants, living close to the ground where they can spread out and use the ground as support.