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Question
Among the crustose, foliose, and fruticose lichens, which one is a pioneer species?
Very Short Answer
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Solution
Crustose lichens, because they are the first to colonize bare rocks, initiate succession by producing acids that weather the rock and allow other species to establish later stages of succession.
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