Read the following characters and identify the plant to which they are referring to:
(a) They usually occur in damp, humid and shaded localities.
(b) First embryophytes
(c) First archegoniate
(d) The sporophyte is not free-living but attached to the photosynthetic gametophyte
Bryophytes usually occur in damp, humid and shaded localities. They are the first embryophytes and archegoniate. The sporophyte is not free-living but attached to the photosynthetic gametophyte and derives nourishment from it. Sphagnum is an example of bryophytes hence exhibits all the above-mentioned characters.