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(i) To which groups, small green, non-fl...

(i) To which groups, small green, non-flowering, leafy and thalloid plants having little differentiation of body belong ?
(ii) In what way are these group of organism helpful to us ?
(iii) Name other group of organisms which act as colonizers on barren rocks and help in the formation of soil, How such organisms are important in pollution monitoring ?

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(i) Such group of plants are called thallophytes.
(ii) These plants bind soil particles and thus prevent soil erosion. They also help in colonization of of barren lands
(iii) Lichens ; They are also good indicatros of atomspheric quality (pollution indicators )
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