Question

how do mosses help in colonization of higher plants?​

Answer 1

Botanically, mosses are non-vascular plants in the land plant division Bryophyta. They are small (a few centimeters tall) herbaceous (non-woody) plants that absorb water and nutrients mainly through their leaves and harvest carbon dioxide and sunlight to create food by photosynthesis.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Mosses and Lichens combinations are the first organisms to colonize rocks. ... For the growth of higher plants in rocks, mosses and lichens decompose the rocks and convert it into the substrate which is suitable and also prevent the soil erosion.