How do the vessels of the club mosses help it adapt to land better than other mosses and liverworts?

Question

How do the vessels of the club mosses help it adapt to land better than other mosses and liverworts?

Answer 1

Here are some links thet deal with the land adaptive features of CLUB MOSS

1.Plant evolution: Information and Much More from Answers.com  

Of the living groups of primitive vascular plants, the lycopsids (club mosses) ... vegetative features, such as more efficient water-conducting vessels in the ...

http://www.answers.com/topic/plant-evolu...

2.Monday, May 20 - Plants  

These nonvascular plants show three features that were adaptive during the transition to land: ... now are represented by small club mosses on the forest floor. ...

http://trc.ucdavis.edu/biosci10v/bis10v/...

3. The Kingdom Plantae  

... plants show three features that were adaptive during the transition to land: ... once tree-sized but now are represented by small club mosses on the forest floor. ...

http://www.sonoma.edu/users/c/cannon/110...

4. Bio2 Lecture Notes  

These nonvascular plants show three features that were adaptive during the transition to land: ... now are represented by small club mosses on the forest floor. ...

http://www.anselm.edu/homepage/chieber/i...

5. Lecture Outline  

These nonvascular plants show three features that were adaptive during the transition to land: ... now are represented by small club mosses on the forest floor. ...

http://brookscole.com/biology_d/template...