Write short notes on Economic importance of bryophytes.
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Importance of Bryophytes. As bryophytes can survive on bare rock, they can initiate soil formation in any barren terrain of land. They can maintain the soil moisture and also help in the recycling of the nutrients in forest vegetation. Apart from this, there a few economically important bryophytes such as the peat moss ..
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Economic Importance Of Bryophytes :
1. Ecological importance:
The liverworts, mosses and lichens are supposed to be the pioneers in establishing vegetation where other vegetation seems to be practically impossible.
2. Packing material:
Most of the mosses are used as packing material after being dried. They make a fairly good packing material in the case of glass ware and other fragile goods. Especially the dried peat mosses (Sphagnum spp.) are used to pack bulbs, cuttings and seedlings for shipment.
3. Used in seed beds:
Since the peat mosses have remarkable power to absorb and hold water like a sponge, they are extensively used in seed beds and green houses to root cutting. The peat mosses (Sphagna) are also used to maintain high soil acidity required by certain plants.
4. As a source of fuel:
The peat is also a potential source of coal. Dried peat may be used as fuel. In Ireland, Scotland and other European countries the peat is used for fuel. In colder parts of the world where peat reaches its greatest development, the lower layers of peat become carbonized, and after the ages have passed, becomes available to human kind in the form of coal.
5. Absorbent bandages:
The Sphagnum plants are slightly antiseptic and possess superior absorptive power. On account of these properties they may be used for filling absorbent bandages in place of cotton, in the hospitals.
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