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write the economic importance of bryophytes​

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Answered by tilottama2007
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Importance to humans and ecology. The peat moss genus Sphagnum is an economically important bryophyte. ... Bryophytes are very important in initiating soil formation on barren terrain, in maintaining soil moisture, and in recycling nutrients in forest vegetation.

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Answered by Nereida
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Importance of Bryophytes -

  • Some mosses provide food for herbaceous mammals and birds.
  • Since mosses form dense mats on the soil they prevent soil erosion.
  • The species of sphagnum which is a Moss provide peat. It is usually used as a fuel.
  • The sphagnum has a good water holding capacity and is also used as a packaging material for trans shipment of of living materials.
  • They are also said to be ecologically important because mosses along with lichens decompose rocks.
  • The decomposition helps in making of substrate which is used by higher plants for their growth.

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