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Which of the following is responsible for peat formation?

Options

  1. AMarchantia
  2. BRiccia
  3. CFunaria
  4. DSphagnum

Correct answer

D. Sphagnum

Step-by-step 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.

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