Allelopathy is a poorly studied field in botany. More specifically, the genetic basis of allelopathy is unclear despite the knowledge that it is present across the plant phylogeny. In bryophytes, allelopathy is an important process contributing to community assembly and diversity. Further, the chemical complexity of bryophytes appears to be wide and may have many biotechnological applications. By looking at the genetic expression of bryophytes grown alone and with others, we hope to identify genes associated with allelopathy in six moss species, and thus begin to create an evolutionary picture of how allelopathy may have evolved. RNA has been extracted and sequenced, and we hope to perform differential gene analysis and transcriptome analysis to identify genes that may be upregulated or expressed, and hope to be able to annotate these genes as having allelopathic effects.