What are the characteristics of the leafy stage in mosses?

What are the characteristics of the leafy stage in mosses?
  1. Upright, slender axes bearing spirally arranged leaves
  2. Creeping, green, branched and filamentous
  3. Multicellular and branched rhizoids
  4. All of the above

Solution

The leafy stage in mosses develops from the secondary protonema as a lateral bud. They consist of upright, slender axes bearing spirally arranged leaves.

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