Give the economic importance of bryophytic plants.

(N/A) $\rightarrow$ Bryophytes generally have little economic importance,but some mosses provide food for herbaceous mammals,birds,and other animals.
$\rightarrow$ Species of $Sphagnum$,a moss,provide peat that has long been used as fuel and as packing material for the trans-shipment of living material due to its high water-holding capacity.
$\rightarrow$ Mosses,along with lichens,are the first organisms to colonize rocks,which is of great ecological and economic significance.
$\rightarrow$ They decompose rocks,making the substrate suitable for the growth of higher plants.
$\rightarrow$ Since mosses form dense mats on the soil,they reduce the impact of falling rain and prevent soil erosion.