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Sort of. While it uses nutrients that are derived from dead organic material, a lot of this organic material is actually decomposed by soil microbes, and those microbes allow those nutrients to become available to the plant in exchange for carbon that the plant puts down into the soil from the roots. But, grass does aid in decomposition by giving the food that those decomposer organisms need to function and to help build soil. Thus, in a way, grass, being a plant, actually helps build soil.

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Not wholly or specifically, not like earthworms, soil bacteria, soil fungi, and many other soil micro- and macro-organisms. But, grass forms a mutually beneficial partnership with these organisms where the grass, through photosynthesis, puts carbon into the soil which those microorganisms need as part of their food sources (some more than others), and takes up nutrients that those organisms, through their own decomposing capabilities, make available to the plant. So, indirectly grass is a kind of decomposer.

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bacteria and fungi sometimes even mushrooms :]

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