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Economic importance of Bryophytes:
1. Some mosses provide food for herbivorous mammals, birds, etc.
2. Species of Sphagnum, a moss; provides peat used as fuel.
3. Mosses are also used as packing material for transport of living materials because they have significant water holding capacity.
4. Mosses along with lichens are the first living beings to grow on rocks. They decompose rocks to form soil and make them suitable for growth of higher plants.
5. Dense layers of mosses help in prevention of soil erosion, thus act as soil binders.
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