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Which of the following organisms is the most harmful to the tree it grows on?
a.
strangler fig
b.
orchid
c.
Spanish moss
d.
none of the above

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
a. strangler fig

Strangler figs begin life as epiphytes, then send roots down and envelop the host tree, eventually outcompeting it for light, nutrients and space and often killing it. Orchids and Spanish moss are nonparasitic epiphytes that generally only use the tree for support.