Are bryophytes plants?

Yes. Bryophytes are plants — specifically a group of nonvascular (non-tracheophyte) land plants that includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. OpenStax Biology notes that they are among the closest living relatives of early terrestrial plants, generally lack lignin and true water-conducting tracheids, and number more than 25,000 species that mostly thrive in damp habitats.

Although “Bryophyta” in the strict sense often means mosses alone, the broader term bryophyte still refers to all three lineages, which reproduce with spores rather than seeds and typically have a dominant gametophyte stage.

Source: 25.3 Bryophytes — OpenStax Biology

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