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Pioneer species like lichen help in weathering, and weathering combined with processes like rain and wind causes formation on soil. Soil is very important in an environment because it provides plants its nutrients, and also it provides home for insects/bacteria/worms.

Thus, pioneer species have a very important effect on an environment undergoing primary succession because they provide soil.

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Joany Funk

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