Q10 / 180 · NEET 2014 · Botany

Which of the following is responsible for peat formation?

  • A
    Marchantia
  • B
    Riccia
  • C
    Funaria
  • Correct answer
    D
    Sphagnum

Solution

Sphagnum is also called a peat moss, is responsible for the formation of peat. The older dead parts of moss gets slowly carbonized, compressed and fossilized over thousand of years to form a spongy mass called peat.

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'D'.

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