


Identify the various species of mosses and liverworts living on boulders in riparian and forest habitats.This high diversity is attributed to the tropical forests’ microclimates.

Neotropical forests contain almost one-third of the world’s bryophyte diversity, along with 50% of the region’s moss species.There are estimated to be about 120 families of bryophytes in tropical America and around 28 families in Costa Rica.Liverworts, hornworts, and mosses are the three taxonomic divisions that make up the phylum Bryophyta.
