( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( The mosses ) , ) liverworts ) , ) and ) hornworts ) ; ) ( ( ( a group ) ( of ( nonvascular plants ) ) ) ( that ( ( ( inhabit ( the land ) ) but ) ( lack ( many ( of ( ( the ( terrestrial adaptations ) ) ( of ( vascular plants ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . )
(ROOT (NP (NP (NP (DT The) (NNS mosses)) (, ,) (NP (NNS liverworts)) (, ,) (CC and) (NP (NNS hornworts))) (: ;) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN group)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN nonvascular) (NNS plants))) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VP (VBP inhabit) (NP (DT the) (NN land))) (CC but) (VP (VBP lack) (NP (NP (JJ many)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ terrestrial) (NNS adaptations)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN vascular) (NNS plants))))))))))) (. .)))
The mosses, liverworts, and hornworts; a group of nonvascular plants that inhabit the land but lack many of the terrestrial adaptations of vascular plants.
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Moss)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (RBS best) (VBN classified) (PP (IN as) (NP (DT a) (NN nonvascular) (NN plant))))) (. .)))
Moss is best classified as a nonvascular plant.