Following are few organisms lichens, mosses, mango tree, cactus which among these can grow on stones and help in soil formation? Write the mode of their action for making the soil

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Lichen and Moses can grow on stones . Lichens and mosses release substances which breakdown the stones resulting in the formation of soil. The mode of action here is chemical

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