CBSE Class 9 Answered

Thallophyta

• Small-sized and grow in moist places.
• Have an irregularly shaped, undifferentiated plant body called thallus.
• Have a cell wall made of cellulose.
• Have green pigment chlorophyll, but some may also have red or brown pigments.

Bryophyta

• Small, multicellular, green-coloured land plants.
• Usually grow in damp, shady places.
• Lack true roots, stem and leaves.
• Plant body is either in the form of an undifferentiated thallus or in the form of leafy erect structures.
• Do not bear flowers.
• Plant body is attached to a substratum with hair-like projections called rhizoids.
• A true vascular system is absent.