BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
KINGDOM PLANTAE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Great economic importance
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No importance
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Great ecological importance
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physiological importance
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bryophytes also play a very important role in the environment: they colonize sterile soils, absorb nutrients and water and release them slowly back into the ecosystem, contributing to the formation of soil for new plants to grow on.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bryophytes thrive in damp, humid and shaded habitats. They play an important role in plant succession on bare rocks/soil. Mosses along with lichens are the first organisms to colonise rocks and hence, are of great ecological importance.
Detailed explanation-3: -Complete answer: Sphagnum is also known as peat moss. Sphagnum comprises the highest economic value among all the Bryophyta.
Detailed explanation-4: -Many bryophytes grow on soil or on the persistent remains of their own growth, as well as on living or decomposing material of other plants. Some grow on bare rock surfaces, and several are aquatic.
Detailed explanation-5: -Hence, OPTION (C) “Reduce the impact of falling rain” is not an ecological importance of bryophytes.