Which of the following bryophytes provides a product that is commonly used as fuel?

Question

Which of the following bryophytes provides a product that is commonly used as fuel? (A) Funaria (B) Sphagnum (C) Polytrichum (D) Marchantia

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Sphagnum is a genus belonging to division Bryophyta. Species of Sphagnum, a moss, provides peat that have been used as fuel for long and as packing material for trans-shipment of living material because of their water holding capacity.

Q. Which of the following bryophytes provides a product that is commonly used as fuel?

Funaria

Sphagnum

Polytrichum

Marchantia

Sphagnum is a genus belonging to division Bryophyta. Species of Sphagnum, a moss, provides peat that have been used as fuel for long and as packing material for trans-shipment of living material because of their water holding capacity.